192 CRVSTAL BMPLgVED IN DISEASES, 



Induce blnckt'c to uKike tlic trial, lie ^]Juffl(Ml 

 out of tlie dik'uniia, hy cickiiowlL-df^int;- tliat 

 it would have no effect upon the white fel- 

 lers.** 



The Mlmha^^mtmi fdtht manner in which 



the cry-ttil is used by the physic ian, lEBB^ h& 

 cousiduri'd iuten'Stiii*;'. Tri tlnj Tuuiat conTitrv, 

 a uativo black, luiintu! Cinlono', was sitfi\*rij|(j,- 

 from a spear wouudj received a short time pre- 

 vious in a skirmish wtth a hostile idh^ ; It was 

 in tlie etmang, (for the atones are only used:aftef 

 dark, as at that time their efficacy is consi- 

 dered greater,) when a native of liis tribe, named 

 Baramumbup, employed the crystal for the 

 iHLi pose of healing the wtiaOMi M ^ following 

 manner. 



TIk^ patient was laid at a distance of twenty 

 or thirty yards from the cneam[)ment, after 

 which the physician commenced the examina- 

 tioai of ^ wound, whicbli?S«ipked; then, with- 

 out, fiptiang^ li^ Jfttit^id a distiiJi<Je <>f ten or 

 fiffeS^ yards from ioiflJicl* 1fSimttered» or ap- 

 peared to mutter souu^ prayer or invocation for 

 about a minute ; on couelutliug, he placed the 

 oiystal in his mouth, sucked it, and then, re* 

 mtivinf tlie stoaej spat ufoit t^© gra^tid^ ijnd 

 trampled upon the discharged saliva^ pressing it 



