. Across Australia . Ml \\~. liTRINi, I 111 \l. .k^iri III WiiMKN riTlIMlilM} Ml HKMM; rEKKMilM I [ k ^ Willi \AM si I\\ \kk \MUM.,\ I XIX DEATH, MOURNING AND BURIAL 431 of the tribe to which the dead mans mother and wifebelonged. These ceremonies occupied the whole of the day, andnext morning we found that there was great trouble in thecamp. One of the older men had discovered that theknife with which he had gashed his thigh was supposed tohave been sung —that is, endowed with evil magic. Aman from the northern part of the tribe was sent for, inorder that he might sing over t
. Across Australia . Ml \\~. liTRINi, I 111 \l. .k^iri III WiiMKN riTlIMlilM} Ml HKMM; rEKKMilM I [ k ^ Willi \AM si I\\ \kk \MUM.,\ I XIX DEATH, MOURNING AND BURIAL 431 of the tribe to which the dead mans mother and wifebelonged. These ceremonies occupied the whole of the day, andnext morning we found that there was great trouble in thecamp. One of the older men had discovered that theknife with which he had gashed his thigh was supposed tohave been sung —that is, endowed with evil magic. Aman from the northern part of the tribe was sent for, inorder that he might sing over the wound and thusremove the evil influence, but when he came he said he wasunable to do anything. The knife had been sung by anative belonging to a distant tribe, and he did not know thespecial song that was necessary to remove the evil the old man once became convinced that the magiccould not be removed, he would probably make up hismind that he must die. There was nothing for it but toact promptly, so we told him that we were
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