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eastern Naidu connects tdis korm ok tds ceremon/ v^itd tds ceremonials ok ike Loutdcrn Naidu. Here, LMin, unkortu- natel/, tds material is as /et raider kraxmentar/; but enou^d is dnovn to sdorv tdat tdsre ide durninZ decomss even inors simple, deepinx ids v^dile its character, more or less, ok a purely individual ottering, and alonA tds soutdsrn limit ok tds stocd kadinA dv decrees into tde tvpe cdaracteristic ok tds Noc>uelumnan peoples, Io tds nortd, amonx tds Nana, ^cdoma^i, and Ldasta, tde vdole ceremonv is undno^vn. R.8I.I0IOI^. Rm-iLrs rnr: Loui.. —d?de ideas still deld d/ tde Naidu in regard to tds soul, wdile sudstantiallv similar tdrouZdout tde area under discussion, mav perdaps detter de taden up, at least in part, Aso^rapdicad/. ^.ll duman ksinM, and all animals as well, are supposed to dave souls. Idese are MneraH/ spolcen ok as "dearts;" and okten, in speadinA ok tds deatd ok a person, it -will de said tdat "dis dsart das Mne avav.'' d'dis '' deart " seems to de regarded as identical ^vitd tde ^dost seen occasionally d/ sdamans and otder persons. Ids/ are said to de Ara/ in color, and to resemdle exactly tde person or animal vadose like tdev dave deen. d'ds Adosts or spirits ok tde dead okten appear to people in dreams, and onl/ sdamans see anv otder di nd ok supernatural deinAS. Odosts are most krequsntlv seen near tde durninA-Zrounds at ni§dt, or mav de deard rvdistlinA sdrill/ in remote and lonely places, d'o meet one is, amon§ tde Nortdeastern Naidu, a sure si^n ok deatd, as tde mere siZdt is snou^d to dill an ordinary person, ik some povsr- kul sdaman doss not interksrs. Ldamans tdsmsslvss even, in tdis region, keel some ksar ok Adosts. One must not ^vdistle at ni^dt, lsst d/ doinA so de call tds Zdosts. Ik a Adost is particularly troudlssoms, it mav ds "laid" d/ a powsrkul sdaman. In tds koot-dills, Adosts are somstimes seen at tde time ok tde durninZs, dancing slovlv around tde dre v^^ile tde olkerinAS are dsinA durnsd. person's Zdost or soul ma/ leave tde dod/ in a s^voon or in dreams. Lometimes sdamans