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-^Vltillvis fcct firmly into flic c;irtli. Tliis tu-rc- 

 iiKHiy ivpcuted scvcriil times nn and 



aubsequciit evenings, until the jiatieiit's raco- 

 very, which, of course, was considered to have 

 been effected by the wonderful, mxa^vf^ proper 

 tics resident in the cryitftL Olt inaking inquiry, 

 wliy till" |)1iy.*icirm is sn rarefid in tranipliiit;' 

 the saliva discharged from his month into the 

 ground, no satisfactory reason could be obtained, 

 9. i^igtt^ ^ilaiSfvrje^Qn being retu^Rafd to the query ; 

 but it h ms^ iapr^aMe th^ ibey ^oMdi^, 1^ 

 this operation, they finally destroy the power of 

 the evil spirit, extracted by the operation, through 

 the virtues of the stone ; some such reason for 

 this proceeding may be i3tltfeil7«4 fe^M m ob^ 

 serration made to ^eay^ £iirop«fi% wlio bd 

 Ipreseirt iPt this part of the ceremonyj that ** He 

 no come up again." 



A somewhat analogous cnstom exists among 

 tlie aboriginal tribes of Brazil, called Gua- 

 m fdm^ by Spix aiad Hai&s m iih^ 

 Byazilian Tmvds. (English Trans. 8vo. vol. ii. 

 page 77.) " Their Fayi's, or physicians, (called 

 in their language. Viinagenetu,) are conjnrers 

 and exorcists ol" the evil principle, which they 

 ^11 Kanigogigo, Their mem iof tJie aiek ture 

 very imple, aaad consist priticipa% in fkmU 



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