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save one have gone to hide, when the last boy left must go and try 
to find them. The boy who touched the legs has to remain as a 
“ touch post ” on the ground, to which each child that is found runs, 
but if caught by the seeker before touching him, he has to aid in 
finding his companions. One of the sentences which they sing is as 
follows : — “Kamal dolge-jam kune-bort-plo diu-tier tilgam.” 
The For children have a good many more games of this descrip- 
tion, including a tug of war and leap frog. 
Medicine . — When ill the Fors are fairly well looked after, and 
some of the old women are considered to be good nurses, and are 
often sent for in illness. Except in cases of small-pox, the patients 
are treated in the ordinary huts. At times, however, they partition 
off a part of the hut for the patient’s separate use. 
Although a good deal of belief exists in the power of charms and 
amulets, the Fors have also a very decided knowledge of the medi- 
cinal properties of many barks, roots, and leaves. They are gathered 
and stored in horns or jars, and decoctions are made from them when 
required. Some books exist as to the method of employing these 
drugs, and the way in which they are to be prepared and partaken 
of is definitely laid down. Most of them are given in a decoction, 
but some roots are chewed. 
Phthisis is well known. It occurs chiefly among the inhabitants 
of the Marah mountains. It is called icorlo-koro, and many people 
die from it. Headache is treated by allowing butter to run into the 
nostrils, the patient being placed in a recumbent position. It is said 
to “ grease the brain.” I have noticed this custom among the Arabs 
too, so it may have been introduced by them. Toothache is very 
rare, and I never saw caries in Darfur, although I must note that 
my boy has had three teeth affected by it since his stay in England. 
Pains are treated by rubbing or by cupping if very severe ; small 
iron knives and cows’ horns are used in the operation. Ague is not 
very common, and occurs mostly in hunters who have crossed the 
Bahr-el-Arab in search of game. It is treated by decoctions made 
from roots, which act as very powerful diaphoretics. Sometimes the 
attacks are very severe, and the people seem to be afraid of it. 
Guinea worm is also very frequently met with in hunters who have 
been in the Darfertit district. The tumour caused by the worm is 
poulticed with leaves soaked in water, and tied over the part by a 
