Notes on Kurnai 150 pages

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out to Morgan and the others. They made
a fire and began to beat the rugs for me to
come down for I was now a Mulla-mullung.
When they came up I was standing at the
bottom of the tree on the ground. I had the
Kīn held tight in my hand.

After that I could send this Kīn away
by saying to it Blappane! (go) and
could throw it in the night at people.
I [sic] would them come back to me after [a - crossed out]
it had gone through the man. I have
thrown it at men I disliked and they
used to die about a fortnight after.

I kept the Kīn in a bag made of a Tuan skin
in the hole of a tree near Ramahyuck. Some
time ago I [got - crossed out] took to drinking and I dreamed
that my wife threw some (sanguis menstrulis)
on me. I then lost all power as a mulla mullung
and the Kīn went away [I -crossed out] out of the
bag. I could never find it again although
I have slept at that place several times
to try and get it back again.