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1^6 EuroiJcaiis. is sdiuetinies einploytHl by the 

 Vas iiiitivi's, but that by whifb it is cbaracti^rize*! 

 by tbeiii and likewise by tbe natives of the Mur- 

 rnmbidgee and Tiuuat countries, is MeiT^- 



it, but would' not mentiOB" iii^ '^grcdtcuts of 

 ir/i 'tr/i if ts cowpos:r(l ; iJi 'm wan a seercl ! ! Tbe 

 woineu an: uvwv ]ic]'iiiitted to k>nk upon it, and 

 the priests impose upou theii' juiiuls a belief, 



tliat, slionld ffeeiir c«ri®sity prompt them m feir, 

 they mndd instantly die* 



These crystals are valued by them according 

 to their size, and it is not easy to procure a 

 large one from them. They are not only re- 

 garded m 9. eh^fttic 1^ nAi^ wmaiB mi Mb^ 



advance another step, by declaring, that when 

 tlirown at a person (accompanied, I suppose, by 

 certain incantations) it will have the power of 

 causing hia death. This power, said by them to 

 be j^os^assed by tlm f^m, hmiu^ been men- 

 tioned one day by a native tQ 4t European set- 

 tler, the latter ridiculed it, and desired tint 

 blaek to put it to the test by throwiug it at him. 

 This, however, was refused, he being good 

 matt ;** jaflntffcg to^ the European, ha no want 

 kill hm and, after nasfl^ every endeavour to 



