Even to-day there are many savage Tif 8S u v n , ot brieve in natural death They believe that the one who dies is a victim of magic. Out of this belief has ' grown the custom of "sucking out the evu wtucn exists among savace races a!! \° r,d - „ When a man is Hi! he attributes his sufferings to some enemy ,!? lnt . , with,n him — the spirit which ultimately will cause his death, .therefore, the hps are applied to that part of the man which is affected and the evil is sucked out.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 30
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91Page 30 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 30
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