Such a bone has strength to work ill against other babes; moreover, it is filled with a charmed medicine.

Look!" and, pulling out the plug of wood, he scattered some grey powder from the bone, then stopped it up again.

"This," he added, picking up the fang, "is the tooth of a deadly serpent, that, after it has been doctored, is used by women to change the heart of a man from another to herself.

I have spoken." And he turned to go.
"Stay!" said the King.

"Who set these foul charms in the doorway of Saduko's hut ?" "How can I tell, O King, unless I make preparation and cast the bones and smell out the evil-doer?
You have heard the story of the woman Nahana.