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on certain foods) = he is lifted up by the Old
Men and taken outside one day and finds
the men ranged up each with a "Cabra
Stone" in his mouth, held by his lips, so as
to let it be seen by the Boy and one of them
has the "Bullroarer" in front of him suspended
by a peice of string around his neck, The
Boy is asked. did you ever see these things
before? "Then he is told that this Bulrorar[sic] is the
Devil Devil or Spirit and the stones in the Men's
mouths are the "Cabra Stones", "If you ever tell
any Woman or Boy about them or show the
"Cabra Stones" to a Woman or a Boy = you will
be killed - not easily, but roasted in a
big fire"=His hair is cut short & singed with
a firestick and this is told to the Women as
being the work of the Spirit = This is about all
I can find out about the preparation the
Boys go under before the final Fire Place
which I have witnessed so am sure I am
correct. The "Cabra Stones" are the long crystals
of Quartz. Each Black had them given to them
when they were made men, they had no teagena[?]
about them that I could hear of only that no
Woman or Boy must see them, if they found
a small crystal it was swollowed directly they
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