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prove immediately fatal. It is then cautiously unwrapped and the con-
tents are thrown into the sea. If the evilly-disposed person was dis-
covered he was in former years immediately killed. If after making up
the little package of relics as above noted it is put intoa frog, the mouth of
which is tied up before it is released, a peculiar sickness is produced,
which causes the abdomen of the person against whom the sorcery is
directed to swell.’ The reports which I have received agree in all the
main points with the foregoing. Mr. George Hunt, of Fort Rupert, told
me of an interesting experience. One day, when walking in the woods,
he fellin with two men who had made a fire, and one of whom was hold-
ing his face and crying like a woman. The other moved a box towards
the fire, keeping it covered with soil. When they saw that they were
observed they ran away. Mr. Hunt took the box home, and was pre-
vailed upon bya sick person called ‘ Captain Jim’ to give itto him. The
latter maintained to have felt a sudden pain and then a relief at the
moment when the box was taken from the fire. He opened the box, and
in it was found a human right femur, a right humerus, and askull. The
former had been split and tied up with human sinews. They were opened
and a piece of a shirt, a handkerchief, some saliva, a piece of the rim of a
hat, and piece of a mat were foundin the bones and in the skull. The
‘nose, orbits, and foramen magnum of the skull were closed with leaves.
‘The contents were thrown into the sea after being covered with feathers.

_ When aman knows that an é’k’’énoq is bewitching him, he may call
the dé'gyintzénog, who is able to undo the practices of the former. He
goes through the same ceremonies, taking parts of the sick man’s
‘clothing, inclosing them in human bones, and making a fire over them.
By performing these practices a second time the effect of the first
performance is counteracted.

Various BELIErs.

The sight of a ghost is deadly. A few years ago a woman who was
wailing for her mother suddenly fell into a swoon. The people first be-
lieved her to be dead, and carried the corpse into the woods. There they
discovered that she continued to breathe. They watched her for two days,
when she recovered. She told that she had seen two people enter the
house. One of them had said, ‘ Don’t cry; I am your mother’s ghost.
We are well off where we live.’ She had replied: ‘No, I mourn because
you have left me alone.’ Then she had fallen into a deep swoon.

When an eclipse of the sun or moon takes place the heavenly bodies
are being swallowed. ‘The eclipse is called nzk-z'k‘=swallowed. In
order to liberate the sun or the moon they make a great fire, and burn
blankets, boxes, and food. They also make a noise to frighten away the
enemy, and sing hauk'udé /=throw it up !

Karthquakes are produced by ghosts. To drive them away they make
a noise and burn blankets, food, boxes, &e.
Wolves must not be killed, as else no game could be obtained.
Wolf’s heart and fat are used as medicines for heart diseases.
Women are forbidden to touch a wolf, as else they would loose their
husbands’ affections.

Hair, nails, and old clothing are burnt as a protection against witch-
craft. For the same reason they spit into water or fire.

When a salmon is killed its soul returns to the salmon country. The

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