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The Wathi-wathi made, according to him, a distinction between the ghost and the spirit, as we might do between our soul and spirit. The moment it leaves the body it is called Bo-oki, but afterwards the ghost of a dead man is called Boongarnitchie. The Boongarnitchie having started on its course in the sky is met by another Boongarnitchie, who directs him the road for good men. After proceeding some distance, he sees two roads running parallel and close together, one of which is swept clean while the other is dirty. The spirit of a good man would choose the dirty road, as it would know that the other is kept clean by bad spirits, in order to induce the unthinking to follow it.