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points are alike. It happened upwards of 

 thirty years since: I was stationed there 

 at the time, but was not in court during 

 the trial., or present at the investigation 

 which took place soon after, [in consequence 

 of a special deputation from the Governor 

 General] which I trust, will be some apology 

 for my not having a perfect recollection of 

 all the circumstances. I had an idea that 

 more than one woman was murdered, but 

 not recollecting the number, I stated it only 

 as one. 



The custom which I have related of their 

 throwing women suspected of being Witches 

 into water, might not be mentioned in court 

 on that trial, if not, I am confident it was 

 in some former case, and I have repeatedly 

 heard the natives assert that it was a pre- 

 vailing custom with some of the Inhabitants 

 of that country. 



C( The judicial records contain a case of 

 great enormity, in which five women were 



