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^* from them. They are told likewife to travel with the utmoft 

 *' difpatch, as that is tlie only method of infuring a fafe return. 

 " They are afterwards fent to the houfe of the old prieft, to 

 " which place they are commonly attended by their friends and 

 " relations. Here they generally remain fome days, in expec- 

 " tation of a favorable breeze. During that time, the eccle- 

 " fiaftic prepares them for their future fate by prayers and ad- 

 " monitions. 



" When the hour of their departure arrives, the prieft puts 

 " them on a long leather cap, with two glaffes before their 

 " eyes, which comes down as far as their breafl ; and. alfo pro- 

 ** vides them wdth a pair of leather gloves. They are then 

 " condudled by the prieft, and their friends and relations, about 

 " two miles on their journey. Here the prieft repeats his in- 

 " ftrudtions, and tells them where they are to look for the tree. 

 " He fliews them a hill, which they are told to afcend, and that 

 *' on the other fide they will find a rivulet, which they are to 

 ** follow, and which will condudl; them direilly to the Upas. 

 " They now take leave of each other ; and, amidft prayers for 

 <* their fuccefs, the delinquents haften away. 



" The worthy old ecclefiaftic has alTured me that during his 

 « reftdence there for upwards of thirty years, he had difmifTed 

 " above feven hundred criminals in the m.anner which I have 

 " defcribed ; and that fcarcely two out of twenty have returned. 

 " He fliewed me a catalogue of all the unhappy fufFerers, with 

 *' the date of their departure from his houfe annexed, and a lift 

 " of the offences for which they had been condemned ; to which 

 '< was added, a lift of thofe who had returned in fufety. I after- 



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