Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of his friend. Balooderry lay extended on the ground, apparently in great pain, while Bennillong applied his mouth to those parts of the body which he thought most affected, breathing strongly on them and appearing to treat his patient with much friendship and attention. Next morning he was visit- ed by a carrahdy, a sort of cunning man, who also acts as physician. Throwing himself into various contor- tions, he applied his mouth to different parts of the patient’s body, and at length, after appearing to Jabour much, spit out a piece of a bone about an inch and a half long, which he had previously procured. Here the farce ended, and Balooderry’s friends took the carrahnly