Mr. WAFE RV Voyages, Sec. 29 



Partition with Hammocks, that the Pawawers y 

 for fo they call thefe Conjurers, might be by 

 themfelves. They continued fometime at 

 their Exercife, ana we could hear them make 

 moft hideous Yellings arid Shrieks 3 imita- 

 ting the Voices of all their kind of Birds and 

 Beafts. With their ownNoife, they joy nd 

 that of feveral Stonrs ftruck together, and of 

 Conch -{hells, and of a firry fort of |Drum> 

 made of hollow Bamboes, which they beat 

 upon 5 making a jarring Noife alfo with 

 Strings faftend to the larger Bones of Beafts. 

 AM every now and then they would make 

 a dreadful Exclamation, and clattering all of 

 a fudden, would as fuddenly make a Paufe 

 and a profound Silence. But finding that af- 

 ter a considerable Time no Anfwer was made 

 them, they concluded that 'twas becaufe we 

 were in the Houfe, and fo turn'd us out, and 

 went to work again. But ftill finding no re- 

 turn, after an Hour or more, they made a ne w 

 Search in our Apartment 5 and finding feme 

 of our Cloaths hanging up in a Basket againft 

 the Wall, they threw em out of Doors in great 

 Difdain. Then they fell once more to their 

 Pawawing^ and after a little time they came out 

 with their Anfwer, but all in a Muck fweat} fo 

 that they firft went down to theRiver and wafh- The Afl _ 

 ed themfelves, and then came and deliver d thefwer made 

 Oracle to us, which was to this Effed : That ; ^; f;v 

 the 10th Day from that time there would ar- 

 rive two Ships 3 and that in the Morning of 

 the icth Day we fhould here firft one Guo, 



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