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a skin cloak. A Bushman as well Boot- 
chuana doctor attended him in his sickness, and 
the medicines of both were publicly acknow- 
ledged to have been useful to him, as were also 
the medicine and prayers of the Missionaries. 
Presents were made to the two doctors, but none 
to the Missionaries. 
Should a wife not give her husband what he 
considers enough for supper, he takes his stand 
before the house and proclaims her conduct, with 
a loud voice, to the whole neighbourhood. The 
wife, on receiving chastisement from her hus- 
band, repairs to the same place, and publishes 
the whole story to the neighbours. When a man 
has lost any thing he makes it known in the same 
manner, by which means the article is frequently 
recovered. 
The most common application used by doctors 
is an ointment composed of fat and soot, with 
which the patient is anointed on that part of the 
body which is affected. All the family and at- 
tendants, to sympathize with him, anoint the 
same part of their bodies. In some cases they 
blow into the ears of the sick, expecting thereby 
to drive out the evil spirit, which is the cause of 
the disease. Sx)metimes this operation of blow- 
ing is continued, and with great violence, till the 
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