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Acer trilobatum, normal form; Heer, Flora Tert. Helv. Size 1/2 diam. Acer trilobatum. a. Size 2/3 diam. Upper Miocene, Oeningen. a. Leaf. b. The core of a bundle of pericarps. c.
Then has entered upon the scene a Delivering Angel, in the shape of a very small, very muddy, very naked child of exceedingly tender years. This tiny deus ex machina has straightway tackled the angry monster, with all the fearlessness of a child, has struck it twice in the face, in a most business-like manner, has piped 'Diam!
Should any of these appear, as the task is begun, the place is generally abandoned at once, but if doubt still exists, or it is deemed abvisable to try to persuade the spirits to reconsider, a small pig will be sacrificed. Its blood, mixed with rice, is scattered about on the ground as an offering, while the medium recites a proper diam.
Nauplius of Tetraclita porosa after the first moult, magnified 90 diam. The entire series of Nauplius-stages which are passed through by the free Copepoda, are in this case completely over-leapt. Some ascribe to them a very subordinate position among the Copepoda; as Milne-Edwards . In direct opposition to this notion of his father's, Alph.
On the first day the house is decorated as in Tangpap and Sayang; a bound pig is placed beside the door, and over it the mediums recite a diam and later summon several spirits. Liquor is served to the guests, who dance tadek or sing songs in praise of the family.
Diam! which sounds like a curse word, in a furious voice, and finally has hooked his finger into the beast's nose ring, and has led it away reluctant, and crestfallen, but unresisting.
Arrived at the field, the medium squats before the bound pig, and holding a spear, betel-nuts, and oil, begins to recite a diam, meanwhile she strokes the animal from time to time with oiled fingers. This concluded, she stabs the pig, and having mixed its blood with rice, scatters it over the field, calling to the spirits to come and eat, and then to grant a full harvest.
They went home truly, those Ipogau, and they imitated the man who made Sayang in Sayau; then those who are married Kadaklan and Agemem caused the spirits to come whom they called, those who made diam when they built balaua. Now you get better, you who build balaua. "Those who knew to make dawak, went to make dawak, but they did not prepare the pig correctly.
The betel-nut and leaf are placed on the animal, then the medium dips her fingers in the oil, and strokes its side while she recites the following diam: "The spirit who lives in Dadaya lies in bed; he looks at his igam, and they are dull. He looks again, 'Why are my igam dull? Kaboniyan looked down on them.
In some instances betel-nut prepared for chewing takes the place of the fowl; rice-stalks hang from the sides of the basket, and bits of pine are added "to make bright and clear." All of this is rubbed on the patient's head, while the medium recites the diam. Bawi, also called Sinaba-an and Ababong. When such a structure is built or repaired, it is accompanied by a ceremony of the same name.
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