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afterwards tf)l(l jue, Ui enable tln'in more rea- 

 dily, Ity admitting air, to suck out tlie ricli 

 marroAv ironi the lower end, wliich was broken 

 for that purpose. The extent of tfi&^veni ysf&» 

 (ma €fteea to twenty fefet ; A^ mi^ee so nar- 

 row, tfeat- ttie explorer could only enter feet 

 foremost, nor was it snfficientl}' larg'e in tiie in- 

 terior to enid)le liini to stand erect. About sunset 

 we returned to Yas, having a fine moonlight 

 mghk fixe oitr jofurney. 



The fliKiieiglaes have many superstitious cere- 

 monies connected with their practice of the 

 healing art, as we find among all primitive 

 nations ; those persons who take upon themselves 



the i^e^paitom tD upon the stek of mmd" 

 ed, nxute the ofiees of prie&t, sootiisay^, and 

 physician. The few medicines administered by 

 tliem are from the vegetable kingdom ; rliey 

 also make use of a crystal for the cure of dis- 

 eadesj, not^iiaariialiteifi^ittof th^ person, 

 hut ^ phjddm imfl^^ is aid^ to aet upm 



the- $9£P^titions mind of his patient ; it is the 

 common quartz crystal, and is called liy the na- 

 tives, in the vicinity of Sydney, Krai'dgee Kibba, 

 or Doctor Stone,* This name, borrowed from 



* « Krardgee, ' signitjin^' a person who attenftft &n 

 sick } ikftd ** kibW «i etoue. 



