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HORN EXPEDITION—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
prepared bone {ifijilla), or piece of wood (irna) pointed at both ends and upon 
wliich certain signs are carved. The villain, who wishes to encompass the death 
of an individual, prepares the i^ijilla or irna —both are equally effective—with 
the aid of a resinous compound he fastens a piece of hair string to one end of 
the injilla, he then goes alone into the bush to some unfrequented spot at a 
distance from the camp, being very careful not to be seen. When he has chosen 
a spot for his incantations and assured himself that there is no one in the locality, 
he places the injilla on the ground and assuming a crouching position, hisses out 
the following curses:— 
“ I-tar pukaluna pur-tulinja appinia-a,” 
(“ May your heart be rent asunder ”). 
“ Purtuliuja appinaa intaarpa inkirilya quin-appani intarp;i.kalaa-a,” 
(“ May your backbone be split open and your ribs torn asunder ”). 
“ Okincha quin appani ilchi ilchaa-a,” 
(“ May your head and throat be split open”). 
The incantation finished, the man returns to camp, leaving the injilla for three or 
four days when he removes it to within a short distance of the camp. There he 
carefully conceals it until night; during the early part of the evening when the 
natives are chatting round the camp fires, he steals out into the darkness, procures 
the injilla and stealthily approaches the camp until his victim’s features are clearly 
discernible by the firelight (the villain of course remains unseen); he now stoops 
down, keeping his back towards the victim, and jerks the injilla towards him 
several times while muttering curses in subdued tones. He again conceals the 
injilla and returns to camp—the victim being supposed to sicken and die within a 
month unless he be saved by the skill of the medicine-man [Railtchawa). When 
the charm takes effect and the victim becomes ill the villain takes the injilla away 
secretly and burns off’ the hair-string while expressing a wish that the destruction 
of the victim’s life may be as effectual as the destruction of the string. Any native 
discovered in the act of using the injilla would be immediately put to death. 
Traditions of Origin of the Race. 
Ages ago ancestors of the present race lived in the form of a great species of 
porcupine {jEchnidn aculeaia) called Iiiapzverla, which had no limbs or organs of 
sight, smell, or hearing, and which did not eat food. This animal, incapable of 
motion, presented the appearance of a man whose legs and arms were so shrunken 
and “doubled up” that mere indications of limbs were visible. A spirit man called 
