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 4 Journal of American Folk-Lore.

"THIS IS TO TAKE BEREAVED ONES TO WATER."

Sge ! O Ancient White, where you have let the soul slip from your grasp, it has dwindled away. Now his health has been restored and he shall live to be old. Kit !

Sge ! O Long Man, now you had let the soul slip from your grasp and it had dwindled away. Now his health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the first upper world, O Ge'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food shall be set out upon them. It shall be reached over and pushed away (i. e., the client shall eat of the " white " or health- giving food, reaching across the tables in his eagerness, and pushing the food away from him when satisfied). His health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the second upper world, O Ge'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food shall be set out upon them. It shall be reached over and pushed away. His health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the third upper world, O Ge'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food shall be set out upon them. It shall be reached over and pushed away. His health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the fourth upper world, O Ge'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food shall be set out upon them. It shall be reached over and pushed away. His health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the fifth upper world, O Ga'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food shall be set out upon them. It shall be reached over and pushed away. His health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the sixth upper world, O Ge'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food shall be set out upon them. It shall be reached over and pushed away. His health has been restored and he shall live to be old.

In the seventh upper world, O Ge'hyaguga, you have the tables. The white food has been set out upon them. It has been reached over. It has been pushed away. His health has been restored and he shall live to be old. Yil !

The first paragraph, addressed to the Fire, the "Ancient White," is recited by the priest inside the house of his clients, while stand- ing in front of the fire and looking down into it, with his back turned to the members of the family, who stand in line with their backs turned toward him and their eyes looking out the door. He

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