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to undergo this operation, reeemng at tlie same 

 time the " cmnccl, or opossum-skin bdt, nffer 

 which he is admitted into the society of men, 

 permitted to attend the corroberaSf or consulta- 



in mikimiphi&m, iff when the (nW t« Atmtto 



remove from one part of the eountry to anotlior : 

 previous to this, thoy are considered only fit 

 society for women, and associate principally with 

 ^eiKi^ A son of a cMef at Ym PlaiE&, who had 

 not yet undergone this ceremony, necessary for 

 his admission, attended one of their meetings : 

 on 1>eino- discovei'ed, he was obliged to leave the 

 assembly. 



*th$ imisSm tttioii^ il»»itati 

 &mMenxi^ teposad in them liy fiid oppodt^ 1^, 



from fear that their secret plans and expeditions 

 miglif be divulged by them : when, therefore, 

 they form a plot to steal or kill cattle, they are 



sex, audi hoy^ ssm^i^ witk lb/6&i v' fer in jbs^ 

 stances not a few, when plans for marauding 

 excursious have ))een overliL'ar<! Ijy the feundes, 

 the latter have betrayed them to the stock-keep- 

 ers^ mA t|iii8 Ipastmted fiieur i&t^im^. But 

 j»ay not tMs proceed from the want miitoid 



confidence Ix-tween the patili^T Among the 

 tribes a chieftain does not preserve m hereditary 



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