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the sister of the husband brings some flowers and a little rice. Five discs of local salt are hung up along the front of the verandah, and after the ceremony these are thrown away outside the village, where cows are likely to eat them; this is to remove bad luck, and prevent the recurrence of such a catastrophe. The Maiba now takes his seat behind the water pot, in which, while muttering charms, he moistens a bunch of leaves. The floor of