y of superstitious ceremonies to ascertain in what
direction the sorcerer lives, whose evil practices have brought about the
death of their relative; this point being satisfactorily settled by
friendly sorcerers, they then attach the crime to some individual, and
the funeral obsequies are scarcely concluded ere they start to avenge
their supposed wrongs.

MURDER.

If a native is slain by another wilfully they kill the murderer or any of
his friends they can lay hands on.

If a native kills another accidentally he is punished according to the
circumstances of the case; for instance, if, in inflicting spear wounds
as a punishment for some offence, one of the agents should spear the
culprit through the thigh, and accidentally so injure the femoral artery
that he dies, the man who did so would have to submit to be speared
through both thighs himself.

CONSEQUENCES OF A CRIME COMMITTED.

The first great principle with regard to punishments is that all the
relatives of a culprit, in the event of his not being found, are
implicated in his guilt; if therefore the principal cannot be caught his
brother or father will answer nearly as well, and failing these, any
other male or female relatives who may fall into the hands of the
avenging party.

When therefore it is known among the natives that any crime which calls
for a very heavy measure of punishment has been committed great and
widespread consternation prevails; and when it is further ascertained
that the culprit has escaped everyone in the remotest degree connected
with him becomes filled with anxiety, for it is impossible to tell in
what direction the blow will fall. The brothers of the criminal conceive
themselves to be quite as guilty as he is, and only those who are
jee-dyte, or unconnected with the family of the guilty person, believe
themselves in safety. Little children of seven or eight years old, if,
whilst playing, they hear that some murder has taken place, can in a
moment tell whether or not they are jee-dyte, and, even at this tender
age take their measures accordingly.

DUTY OF REVENGE.

The moment any great crime has been committed those who have witnessed it
raise loud cries, which are taken up by more distant natives and are
echoed widely through the woods. The nature of these cries indicates who
has been the guilty party, who the sufferer, and those who are jee-dyte;
whilst those who are involved in the guilt direct one another by their
calls to