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male or female -- a most solemn oath is taken as to the truth of their profession & any one who knows aught to the contrary is at liberty to drag them interlinearly: perjured person from the ring to be disgraced & hooted at by the tribe. A circle was formed one half of which was occupied by young girls, the other by youths & young men. Proclamation having been made by the crier that all who were virgins might join the ring, the guests took their places on the ground having previously touch'd a stone crossed out: & a stick which were placed together in the centre of the ring. [[interlinear addition/correction: which was painted red and a arrow stuck into the ground near it, the latter the emblem of piercing? of conscience]] --