number of little creatures coming from the sea” in response to spell and charm.
Nor must we forget the practice of pouring out libations to the aquatic divinities.
A century ago, in Crawford Muir, when a tenant was evicted and another took
his place, he cut the throat of a black lamb and threw it into a stream, with a
malediction both upon stream and lamb.
To this futile department of human error we can, however, devote no more
space. To treat it adequately we should need at least a couple of volumes as
closely printed as the present.