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to clan, until the entire seven clans were exhausted. But if the black bead vacillated between his left thumb and finger, at the mention of any particular clan, he was certain of his wife's guilt, and watched till he personally detected with whom. Sometimes, unclear, the application was at once made to the priest. When the priest was consulted on such occasions, he would set his chrystal and pray for information, In the event of innocence, it never changed; but in that of quilt, two persons would be discovered in it. The priest would next take some flees which he had previously killed for the purpose. He then solemnly pronounced the evil which would legal? the woman, if guilty. He declared that if, on opening his hand, one of the flies came to life again, it would fly to her on the instant, would settle on her body, burrow its way within, and with little tortures?, in seven days she would feel it gnawing into her heart, and die. Accordingly, the woman invariably died on the seventh day; but whether the fly received any assistance from the husband or the priest is not reported. So dearly did each priest prize his own particular chrystal, that when he found