Note 2 — Chapter XII · DIVINATION AND MAGIC

I had much difficulty in finding out exactly what Midjkudr had said. When he came to see me a few days later he stated that he did not know at the time what he was saying, and that his only knowledge was derived from those who had heard him, and I am inclined to believe that he was speaking the truth. His appearance during the divining was remarkably different from that of ordinary days, and strongly suggested a semi-hypnotic state, during which he might well have had no knowledge, or only a very vague knowledge, of anything he said.2 In his ordinary condition he professed to be ignorant of Malayalam, the language which he was said to use in his frenzied condition.