ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA 
“ The Bororos used in their dances the nails of wild 
pigs, which they attached to their feet in order to produce 
a noise something like castanets. That ornament was 
called a button . 
“ The father next ordered his son to go and bring 
back a complete set to form a button . For some reason 
or other, according to the legend, the button was also 
found suspended over the lagoon swarming with souls 
and evil spirits. The grandmother on this occasion ad¬ 
vised the son to accept the services of a large, beautifully 
coloured locust, called by the Bororos mannori. The 
mannori , however, made so much noise while on its errand 
that it became riddled with arrows from the angry spirits 
of the lake. To this day, say the Bororos, you can see 
a lot of white spots all over the body of the mannori. 
Each marks the spot of a former wound. But the 
mannori , too, faithfully delivered the foot ornaments to 
the youth. The youth brought them to his father, who, 
in amazement and vicious anger, ordered his son to go 
with him on the mountain to seize the nest of the cibae 
(vulture). According to the notions of the Bororos, the 
souls of their dead transmigrate into the bodies of birds 
and other animals. 
“ The young fellow again paid a visit to his wise 
grandmother, who was this time greatly upset. She 
handed him a stick and requested him to insert it at once 
into the vulture’s nest, when they had arrived in the 
hollow in the rock where the nest was. The boy departed 
with his father up the precipitous mountain side. When 
they had nearly reached the nest the father placed a long 
stick across a precipice and ordered his son to climb on 
it and seize the nest. The son duly climbed, carrying 
with him his grandmother’s stick. When he had reached 
the top, the father did all he could to shake the son down 
into the chasm, and even removed the long stick on 
which he had climbed. But the lucky boy had already 
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