Capitolo 39
intervals, especially as them they drew near to some group of cottage of fan-palm. The
women that they immediately satisfied skin on their knees, you cultivate the strange one
procession had passed them from; the men only arched him three times the heads, and
made a rapid movement on their breasts with their fingers that you/they remembered to
Muriel immediately of the signal of the cross in Catholic countries.
Then on them the wended their way in silence through the tropical and deep jungle,
along a wide alone path enough for three to walk beside side, cultivate them
suddenly emerged on a great space authorized in which mean grew a great
banyan-tree, with arm that you/they have allowed to fall and rooted them as buttresses
in the ground under of. Under the banyan-tree a base in relief was standing on
bamboo places. The base was covered with net of fine in yellow and
red; and two small stools occupied the middle ones, as if you/he/she has put on there
purpose and waiting for their occupants.
The men that the first canoe had led were turned round to Felix and they made sign to
him forehand. "This is Sky", he told glibly his/her his/her own language.
"Spirits, climb him/it!"
Felix, a lot that he/she wonders what could like to say the ceremony, climbed on the base
without a word, in obedience to the command of the head followed from near from
Muriels that challenged don't leave him/it for a second.
"Hands water!" it said the head, shortly, in a voice of authority to one
of his/her followers.
The men gave on a calabash with a small water in him. The head took
the ill-mannered vase from his/her hands in a reverential way, and it poured some
drops of the contents on the head of Felix; water dripped down on his
hair and forehead. Unintentionally, shook Felix him the head a small to the
unexpected bathing, and scattered the drops they straighten and they went away on his/her neck
and shoulders. The head attentively looked at this show with
deep satisfaction. Then he turned him to his/her companions.
"The spirit the head shakes him", he said, with a deeply convinced air. "Everybody