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Cabins, bccaufelhe was to viHt them all ; which fhe did as foon 

 as theSuh was fet, fupported by two Men, and followed by all 

 the Village. She pafTed through the Midll of all the Fires, her 

 Feet and her De?s being naked, and felt no Pain ; whilft her 

 two Supporters, though they kept as far from the Fires as they 

 poffibly could, fufFered much by them ; for they were to lead her 

 thus through more than three hundred Fires. As for the iick 

 Woman, they never heard her complain but of Cold ; and at 

 the End of this Courfe, Ihe declared that ihe found herfelf eafed. 



The next Day, at Sun-rife, they began, by her Order llill, a 

 Sort of Bacchanal, which lafled three Days : The firfl Day the 

 People ran through all the Cabins, breaking and overfetting 

 every Thing ; and by Degrees, as the Noife and Hurly-burly en- 

 creafed, the fick Woman afTured them that her Fains diminilhed* 

 The two next Days were employed in going over all the 

 Hearths fhe had paffed before ; and in propofmg her Délires in. 

 enigmatical Terms ; they were to find them out by Guefs, and 

 accomplifh them dire6lly. There were fome of them horribly 

 obfcene. The fourth Day the lick Woman m.ade a fécond Vifit to 

 all the Cabins, but in a different Manner from the firft : She v/as 

 in the Midfl of two Bands of Savages, who marched in a Row 

 withafadand languifhing Air, andkept a profound Silence : They 

 fufFered no Perfon to come in her Way ; and thofe who were at 

 the Head of her Efcort, took Care to drive all thofe away that 

 they met. As foon as the fick Woman was entered into a Cabin, 

 they made her fit down, and they placed themfelves round her : 

 She fighed, and gave an Account of her Suiterings in a very af- 

 feding Tone, and made them to underlland that her perfe6l Cure 

 depended on the Accomplifhmentof her Defire, which fhe did not 

 explain, but they mull guefs : Every one did the beft they could ; 

 but this Defire was very complicated : It contained many 

 Things : As they named any one, they were obliged to give, it 

 her, and in general ihe never went out of a Cabin till fhe had got 

 every Thing in it. When flie faw that they could not guefs 

 right, fhe expreffed herfelf more plainly ; and when they had 

 gueffed all, fhe caufed every Thing to be reflored which ihe had 

 received. Then they no longer doubted but that fhe was cured. 

 They made a Feafl, which confifled in Cries, or rather frightful 

 Hovvlings, and in all Sorts of extravagant Anions. Laftly, fîîc 

 returned Thanks ; and the better to fhev/ her Acknov/ledgment, 

 fhe vifited a third Time all the Cabins, but without any Cere- 

 mony. 



The MifTionary who was prefent at this ridiculous Scene fays, 

 that fhe was not entirely cured, but was much better than be- 

 fore : Neverthelefs, a flrong and healthy Perfon would have 

 been killed by this Ceremony, This Father took Care to ob- 



