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160 drink or listen to any one; is fond of dirty and unholy places, and his victim cries, sings, raves, and wanders naked like a madman.

Various kinds of medicinal and magical treatment are prescribed for demoniacal possessions. Sometimes amulets are tied round the neck of the patient. Here are specimens of four amulets generally used among the Hindoos for curing demoniacal and other diseases:—

The first figure in which some mystic letters are written is used for exorcising a devil, the second is used for piles, the third for quieting a weeping child, and the fourth for fevers.