. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. THK HAMO
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. THK HAMOIKDKS. IHt ill the iTia^ic art. Tlicy ' itlicr sit down, or walk about in a circle. Tlio diiof sorcerer beats the dnim, at first slowly, then with iiicreasiiiy violence, siniiinirat llie saint; time a few words to a mystic melody. The disciple immediately falls in. and both repeat the same nioiiotoncus chant. At leunth the sjiirits appear, and ilic consultation is supposed to be^'in; the Tadibefrom time to time remainini,' silent, as if listening to their answers, and lint li'cntly beatinii his drum, while the assistant continues to siuLj. Finally, this nnite conversation ceases, the sont:; chanojes into a wiii' howlinu', the drut'> is vmlcMtly struck, the eye of the Tadihe ylows with a strantie lire, foam issues fnmi his lipsâwhen suddenly the up''oar ceases, and the oracular sentence is pninounced. TiieTadibes are consulted not only for the pur]iose of recovering a strantre reindeer, or to preserve the herd from a contagious disorder, or to olitaiu siu'cess in fishing; the Samo'iede, when a prey to illness, seeks no other nicdical aifvice; and the sorcerer's drum either scares away the malevolent .ise of narcotics and stimulants, until he hcciKues persuaded that he too has seen tiie apparitions wliich he lias heard of fniiii his boyhood. He is then received as a Tadibe with many ceremcnies, winch are held in the silence of the night, ami invested with the magic drum. Ti
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