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pai'tof the alulniiiru dvcr the region of tlie woiiih. 

 As ^i^ou as tlir ("liiltl is horn, flic foi'clii'ud of the 

 infant is coniprussotl, Ijy laying the ehihi upon 

 ife hmik 'alPtd employing pressure witll ^ foot 

 I couM mi find mi for what obje<st iMs waa 

 (lone, as the in'e>siire was not roijoated afSter the 

 day following- ihi' hirtli of the infant. 



The labours are somctiniL's tedious, and the 

 di»{iiidij&g attdlidli^ severe ; tlie prescnta- 



lakmts bmWf in. tf iiot in all such 



raso?, they prove fatal for want of af^sistanei\* 

 After the delivery of the woman a belt of 

 opossum skin, called ' Cumeer (similar to that 

 worn by the males, when adiilt^ is plaeed aj^Sfsftid 

 the abdomen, and is wsm^ed afU r lirino' kr jtt 

 on from twenty-four to forty-eiglit h(jurs ; tJui 

 day after delivery the woman goes to the river 



• At New Zoulaiul the women are atteiJij^, diirittg tt^boi^ 



by llifir Imsbaiids; but, il'it is a (bfficvilt liiboiir. tluy suppose 

 the tijiirits to be angry, and tbeieinrc send fur the lohun^ 

 or priest. Qn th^ ^ the T^hktiig^ Ite ^t^d^ iftef 



and brcatbcs on tlie ^vonian, an(J then, retiring to n short ths- 

 taiice, sits tlowji and prays to the sipiriis ; if the labour ter- 



inflnenre of the Ttihunija in avertinrj tlie anger ol' the spirit&j 

 hut sliould the ternnnation be fatal, the priest is considered 

 to have im*afre4 ilispleaswfQ ^ th& spirit^ hat his 



influence. 



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