68 TIMEHRI. 
Fawahu, or devil, who they believe causes the disorder. 
This impostor goes by himself at night to the sick, 
holding a Calabash, which they call Wzeda and in which q 
they believe some devils are contained. 
In this he places some stones, blows into it, shak- 
ing it hither and thither, in order, as he says, to force. 
the therein locked up devils to seek for their com- 
rades who affli€ted the sick men with the disease, for 
which purpose he roars and screams throughout the 
whole night, making all sorts of noises, such as of a 
monkey, tiger, parrot, and other animals, nay, these fellows 
know so well how to change and control their voices, 
that when standing outside the hut, one would suppose 
a second person was speaking to him, answering his 
questions; should the sufferer die, he always has his 
excuses ready; it is either the patient had done too 
much mischief, waited too long, or Fawahu had told him 
he was too angry to help him, but should he by good luck 
recover, the Pagayer is nobly rewarded for his trouble, 
everything being given to him that he asks for, even if 
it were the wife or daughter of the sufferer. 
The Othomacs constantly sprinkle their sick with 
cold water, in which way they despatch them the sooner. 
The Guabayas and Chirocoas cover their sick with 
wet clay, or place them in water up to their neck, to 
drive away the fever, of which they often die; they not- 
withstanding still proceed in the old way. 
Funeral solemnities are not always the same amongst 
all these nations, differing sometimes in a nation accord- 
ing to the place they reside in. At the death of most 
Indians, and particularly of the Arowaks, the nearest 
relations lay by their trinkets and go naked for a short 
