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among them. I imagine that the facfts upon which this o- 

 pinion is fomided have never been fiifficiently inveftigated. 

 The Wanzcy-tree, under which their- kings are crowned, is 

 avowedly woriliipped for a god in every tribe. They have 

 certain flones alfo, for ar. objecfl of their devotion, which I 

 never could fufficiently underlland to give further defcrip- 

 tion of them. But they certainly pay adoration to the moon, 

 efpecially the new moon, for of this I have frequently 

 been a witnefs. They likewife worfliip certain ftars in parti- 

 cular pofitions, and at different times of the year, and are, 

 in my opinion, ftill in the ancient religion of Sabaifm. All 

 of them believe that, after death, they are to live again; 

 that they are to rife with their body, as they were on 

 earth, to enter into another life they know not where, but 

 they are to be in a ftate of body infinitely more perfedl 

 than the prefent, and are to die no more, nor fufler grief, 

 ficknefs, or trouble of any kind. They have very obfcure, or 

 no ideas at all of future punifhment; but trheir reward is to 

 be a moderate ftate of enjoyment with the fame family and 

 perfons with which they lived on earth. And this is very 

 nearly the fame belief with the other Pagan nations in A- 

 frica with which I have converfed intimately ; and this is 

 what Avritcrs generally call a belief of the immortality of 

 the foul. Nor did I ever know one favage that had a more 

 diftincft idea of it, or ever feparated it from the immortality 

 of the body. 



TiiE Galla to the fouth are moftly Mahometans ; on the 

 eafl and weft chiefly Pagans. They intermarry with each 

 other, but fulfer no flrangcrs to live among them. The 

 Moors, however, by courage, patience, and attention, have 

 found out the means of trading with them in a tolerable 



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