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tallcing at some otder place sorus distance awa^- Us starts at once tor tdat place, and again dears tdem in anotlier direction, d'dus lie kollows trorn one place to anotlier tor two or tdrse da^s. ^.11 tdis tirne lie Zoes entirely witkout tood. ^.t tire end ot two or tdrse da^s lie goes daclc to liis liorne, dut stops adout a linndred rnetres trorn tlie village, sinall arnonnt ot tood is tden drougdt ont to lrirn dzr some ot tire women ot liis tarnil.^ or d)i liis wike. Idis tood is always sorns sort ot seeds or acorn-sonp, never rnsat or kisd. Us talces tlie tood and eats it, and spends tlie nigdt at a little distance trorn tire village. Hext da^ lie cornss daclc to dis donse, and degins to drsarn. d^ds spirits davs lcnown wden de earns, train tds dlood and trorn tds srnell ot dis dres, on wdicd de pnts arornatic roots, particularly tds wild angelica. Its also pnts deads into tds drss as otkerings. d^de)r, lcnowing dis desire to dscorne a sdarnan, kollow dirn daclc to tds village, and tden degin to appear to dirn in dreams, precisely as in tds case ot tds man wdo das in- derited spirits, as already descrided. Ide procedure trom tden on is exactly tde same as in tds case ok tds dersditarv sdamans, and tds same ceremonies davs to de gons tdrougd. ^nv one wdo §068 out tdus mav get spirits, and dscorne a sdarnan: none ever tail. In tds case ot tds dersditarv sdamans, wden tde spring comes, akter tdeir long winter ot singing and dancing, tde)r ^0 oK to tde mountains, as just descrided, and dv so doing acquire more spirits, and psrdaps more powerkul ones, tdan tds^ dad inderitsd. dlot till a vsar or two atter tde drst dsginnings ot tds ceremony doss tde man trv to curs patients. Iden de graduallv talcss up all tde duties and prerogatives ok dis class. Ide ornaments and rattles, etc., delonging to a sdaman, are danded down to dis cdildrsn. Ik dis cdildren are old snougd, de teds tdem dekors de diss wdsrs de das didden tdsm. Ik tde cdildrsn are too zmung, de teds tdeir motder; and sds lcseps tds secret till tdev are older, and davs degun to de sdamans. Ldamans can wallc tdrougd 6re undarmsd. Idezi can cause people to grow sielc and die in several wavs. Idere