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(called tirkatti —he that knows); one person is asking— 
“ Has any person killed you where you have been 
sleeping? Do you know him?’' The negative answer is 
supposed to be given when the bier does not move round, 
the affirmative when the bier is moved round ; which 
motion the corpse itself is said to produce, influenced by 
the huinyo , who is hovering over the bier. If the mur¬ 
derer be present, then the bier spears him, i. e. rushes 
on him, and a fight ensues. (Vocabulary, wadnawadna ).* 
If the difficulty of forming a sense of social justice in 
these people be great, much greater is that of exalting 
their religious feelings.+ It is most difficult so far to 
sympathise with the childish and grovelling bondage of 
their minds, as to be able to introduce them to the 
mysteries of our religion, and to represent to them our 
High Priest in all points tempted like as they are. 
Of all superstitions on the face of the earth, theirs 
has the least of religion and the most of fear in its com¬ 
position. The voice of the hawk, karkanyaX , the bird of 
twilight, charms away the souls of their children, after 
which they grow ill and die. The black monster Kuinyo , 
or Death, with a swollen paunch, waits in ambush at 
night to destroy them in their sleep. His voice among 
the trees, which they call ngar , warns them to keep the 
fires burning, as he only approaches when they are gone 
out. The assassin JVohunna, in the shape of a black, 
steals upon them in the night and kills them. Mon¬ 
strous vermin, called Paitya , enter the bodies of the sick: 
these the sorcerers ( warrara ) draw out by sucking. 
* This lasts at least a week—then the deceased is supposed to 
point out his burial ground. After burial, the spirit (towilla) escapes 
to pinde. —T. 
+ They have words indicating conscience, such as murderer, thief 
liar, slanderer ; but none for God, law, priest, chief, prayer . 
X The soul is called yitpi tukutya (the small seed). 
