. Across Australia . IiLr. iN. Mr Ki I \i |i. H \ l!l> I M M\. iiiwuLii lii> lir lipids a small stint (liaiiiii;;i ; the >1iol--, art- seen oni^ hri, ;in(l 111 111-, luU he ImhU l shj^.-lii jml (wi, Uireew I > iilcn ( liunuL;.!.. L 1 I 1 IM. M \ll, i 1 HL ML I I- \ M Kl. h (p. 3-,S). XIV MAGIC 355 cut from the man after he is dead, is a very potent objectof magic. Thus prepared, the two men start out from somesecret place in the scrub, no one save themselves havingany knowledge of the affair. They creep along carefully,avoiding coming into contact
. Across Australia . IiLr. iN. Mr Ki I \i |i. H \ l!l> I M M\. iiiwuLii lii> lir lipids a small stint (liaiiiii;;i ; the >1iol--, art- seen oni^ hri, ;in(l 111 111-, luU he ImhU l shj^.-lii jml (wi, Uireew I > iilcn ( liunuL;.!.. L 1 I 1 IM. M \ll, i 1 HL ML I I- \ M Kl. h (p. 3-,S). XIV MAGIC 355 cut from the man after he is dead, is a very potent objectof magic. Thus prepared, the two men start out from somesecret place in the scrub, no one save themselves havingany knowledge of the affair. They creep along carefully,avoiding coming into contact with any other natives, untilthe victim is seen. Then the medicine man falls behind,and the Kurdaitcha stealthily creeps forward (Fig. 187),carrying his bull-roarer in his mouth, until he is withinstriking distance, when he rises and spears his enemyfrom behind. This done, the medicine man comesupon the scene and, by means of magic, closes up thewound, a special form of lizard being used to suck upthe blood, so that no trace of it is left; and then the tworeturn quietly to their own country. The victim comesback again to life and goes to his camp, quite obliviousof the fact that he is full of evil magic, but in a shorttime he sickens and dies, and then it i
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