92 AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



ancestors wilh a tiger) is irnagirictl to be in 

 active 0|)ei'ation. Oit the seventh day, it is 

 iMruiiiiheiit on llie deceased Pawaiifj's son, 

 siiould lie Ijc desirous of excixisinfj similar 

 supernatural powers, to take a censer and 

 incense of kamunian wood, and to watcli 

 near the corpse alone, when the deceased 

 will shortly appear in the form of a tiger on 

 the point of making tiie fatal spring upon 

 liiuh At this crisis it is necessary not to 

 betra) the slighest symptom of alarm, hut 

 to cast witli a bold heart and hrm hand the 

 incense on the fire; tlie seeming tiger wdl 

 then disappear. Tlie spectres of two beau- 

 tiful women will next present themselves, 

 and the novice will be cast into a deep 

 trance, during which the initiation is pre- 

 sumed to be perfected. These aerial ladies 

 thenceforward became bis familiar spirits, 

 by whose invisible agency the secrets of na- 

 ture, tlie liiddon treasures of the earth are 

 unfolded to him. Should the heir of the 



