EXISTING SUPERSTITION. 3?9 



one by some of the female peasantry, when they 

 heard he was setting out on a journey. They may 

 now and then be seen pinned to the head of their 

 beds. It is to be hoped, that this superstition will 

 disappear before the spread of religious instruc- 

 tion, and the unwearied endeavours of our excel- 

 lent clergy to enlighten the minds of their poorer 

 neighbours. 



