if the illness comes from fierce pains in the body, or general debility, or from a swelling of any kind, then some wicked wizard at a distance has been turning the point of a magic bone at him, with incantations, to do him harm, or has been burning a portion of his hair against him, or some other r…
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if the illness comes from fierce pains in the body, or general debility, or from a swelling of any kind, then some wicked wizard at a distance has been turning the point of a magic bone at him, with incantations, to do him harm, or has been burning a portion of his hair against him, or some other refuse, that he has incau- tiously left exposed ; or an evil spirit, roving about the camp at night, has Eut a round stone in his body, where the lump is, with the intention that e may fall ill and die ; then, in any of these circumstances the * kardji' is sent for, to come and remove the evil, or to counteract the witchery which is doing.
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