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he is then allowed to look up and he sees the
Blacks all round holding green bushes in their
hands = Then he is taken away up to the top ring
by some of the old men and the Women are alloiwed
to get up and the children are uncovered and
they are told the Spirit has taken the Boy away.
From that time till the final "Fire Place" no
Woman or Boy must see him, and he is most
carefully guarded not to see a Woman. The
Boy is placed in the top ring, and the men come
up houling like native dogs. The Old Men say
"What is this? This Boy has been looking = hark
the Spirit has sent native dogs to kill him. What
shall we do with him, let us put him up in the
fork of a tree - but look! look! The Spirit has been
here, see how he has marked the trees, we must
take him away" Then the Boy is taken away
to a camp made expressly for him in the
Bush in a direction that the Women are
strictly forbiden to go near under pain of
death The Old Men that have taken him
in charge never leave him from the beginning
to the end of the affair = He is kept at this
place for some time, I think it depends a good
-deal on the strength of the Boy, He is kept
laying down and not allowed to move, even to
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