20'i RtMARKS AND OPINIONS. 



Though there is no pubhc service at Ulea to the 

 gods or the divinity, we were yet assured by Don 

 Luis, that the people - were not without pious 

 sentiments. Individuals sometimes lay ti-uits, as 

 offerings to the invisible beings, and nobody is 

 blamed for taking this offering and eating it. 



Cantova mentions a peculiar manner of enquiring 

 into one's future destiny. The mode of proceeding 

 is the following : They tear two strips from each 

 side of the rib of a cocoa-leaf, repeating the syl- 

 lable, Pue-pue-piie^ one after the other, then 

 hastily make knots in every strip, repeating the 

 question they intend to put respecting their fate, 

 in intelligible words. The first strip is laid between 

 the little and the ring finger, with four knots in 

 the inside of the hand, and the other with a de- 

 creasing number of knots between the middle and 

 the fore-finger, and between the fore-finger and 

 the thumb. According as the number of knots 

 hanging over the back of the hand coincides with, 

 or differs from the number of fingers, one, two, 

 three and four, the indication is fortunate or 

 unfortunate. 



At Ulea, as among other people, many customs. 



Enn or beinam biorg, But out of (his) bones rocks ; 



Himinn or havsi The heaven out of the skull 



Ins hrimkalda iotvnns. Of the ice-cold giant ; 



Enn or sveita sior. But out of his blood the sea. 



Vq/lhrusdismal XXI. Edda saenmndar, p. 13. 



