Note 8 — PREFACE. (continued 3)
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About sorcery: Sorcery was on the same footing as the anaana, only differing in their callings, but the object of the two was the coveted death of some one. Anaana, and hoopiopio (sorcery), were greatly studied by some people as necessary and beneficial to themselves, and as a protection against death which might be directed against them. There were some among the people of the royal court who desired greatly to learn anaana,8 that the life of the king might be protected. It was the same among those who nourished royal personages; they were called “seekers of chiefs,”9 and “preservers of chiefs.”