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oum'l'tanHl '''I'l*^ SWIMMER M AN USCUI PT 257<br />

f'aiis(Hl it. (Anyway), now Uiou IiiihI, conus U) j)ii]l out tlu^ important<br />

tliiu}.!;. Quickly thou hast como, to i)iit him on Jiin feet. U'cJicI" Iihm<br />

hc-cn cauHCMl. Sharply!<br />

KXlMiANA'I'lON<br />

This is HJiothor formula for the- trc^atiiuMit of ave'li(;j)"'(ii disoasos.<br />

It is couc-hod in such terms as if tho reciter were in doubt as to who<br />

(caused it: a ^host [a "speaker of difl'erent (i. e., evil) thin^^s, " viz,<br />

an incantator, or by the Purple Person. The probable explanation<br />

is that all th(^ possible causes are enumerated, so as not to take any<br />

cliaiici^s; n. process which is v(^ry conunon in cofijurations the- woild<br />

over].<br />

Tiie ir'i>ati' or wat(U"snake (Natrix sipedon) is I'efj^ui'chul as an especially<br />

crafty aidmal fit to combat tlie cuiuuiifj; of a secret enemy.<br />

The syniptoms are described as sudden keen pains in the arm, the<br />

shoulder, etc., and shifting from one place to another. The pain is<br />

caused by the movinf^ about of tlie object which has been shot into<br />

the victim's body. (See p. 87.)<br />

The medicine used is a cold infusion of the bark of ttse'Ii, Alnun<br />

ruf/osa (Du Roi) Sjjren^., smool-h alder; with this in his jnouth, the<br />

medicine imm sucks the dill'ci'cnt son^ spots in turn, afterwards spit-<br />

ting the liquid into another bowl [so as to make possibh? the discovery<br />

of the intrusive object].<br />

E<br />

Tlie fonrmla is recited four times, the mcdicim^ man sucking after<br />

each recital; tho whole ceremony is repeated four times before noon.<br />

There is no taboo.<br />

't'a' tsu"'nasta(;'j!i a ])a'no'w')'t'i'<br />

UiLs wliciicvcr tholr foet to euro thcin (liidof.)<br />

are fro.sU)ILtoii with<br />

'f!t'-yu- 'elf'-yu- 'elf'-yu- 't'/t-yuthou<br />

iirt living—<br />

*ana'-a-yu'' 'eJf'yu; 'ta-'yii* *e!t-'yu*<br />

Thcro thou art<br />

]lvlng-~E<br />

'tDa'*"w*!i' ts(r'taii/i' (u-'c.aiic'" 'elf'yu<br />

thou wizard mountain lion nsd thou art living, K<br />

*t'Da*"we'!i tsQ*'taDzi' (iL'\ia(if"' 'ea-'yu 'e!f'yu<br />

This, Wiiknkver Their Fkkt are Frost Bitten, (is) the<br />

Treatment<br />

FREE TKANHLATION<br />

Thou art living, indctcd. (Four times.)<br />

Thorc thou art living, indeed.<br />

Thou art living indeed. (Three times.)<br />

Thou Wizard, red Mountain Lion, Thou art living indeed (bis).

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