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is made called elainbti. The nganga puts a tabu on her, and the ceremony is finished. The ngang' a manga also does around Wathen what the ngang' a moko practises around San Salvador.

25. Ngang' a ezaii, — {zaula, to scoop away). This nganga destroys the power of the evil eye.^^ The pos- sessor of the charm can call away the soul of his enemy, and the soulless one will soon die.

26. Ngang' a kimbaji-mbaji^ {i.e. to-morrow). Any one who desires to do harm to a person under the protection of this charm always puts off committing the evil until to-morrow, and thus the person is never hurt, as to-morrow never comes. This nganga is employed to use his charm especially to counteract the evil designs of ezan. The charm itself is composed of various herbs rammed into a univalve shell.--

27. Ngang' a nibtimba, {i.e. secret, mystery).^^

28. Ngang' a mpongo. This nganga owns a fetish by which he prepares in saucepans protective charms which work by making an enemy forget his evil intentions. If a person wants to rob another under his very eyes, he uses a charm prepared by this nganga^ and under its guard he goes to the person's house, and either he or an accomplice engages him in an interesting conversation so that he forgets all else, and while in that state of forgetfulness is robbed.

29. Ngang' a ngani?^

30. Ngang' a mbanibiuii, — {ba})ibula, to deflect, to transfer in a mysterious way). The owner of this fetish is sup- posed to have the power of causing farm produce to leave an enemy's farm and go to that belonging to the owner of this charm, or client of this nganga. Fruit is also mysteri- ously stripped from the enemy's tree, and made to hang from the trees of others. Trade goods can also be spirited

^^Vol. XX., p. 473. ^'^Vol. XX., p. 473.

^■*Vol. XX., pp. 40-1. "■*Vol. xix., p. 436.

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