Note 7 — Chapter XII · DIVINATION AND MAGIC
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The utpol rubs the belly of the sick person, holds one corner of his cloak in his left hand, and, putting some salt on the cloak, strokes the salt with a thorn of the plant called pathanmul.7 The thorn and some of the salt are then put into the fire, and the utpol utters the following incantation:—