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" burfl J and may their iilthy carcafcs be- 



come food for the crocodiles. 



" Muft not the invifible fpirit -who pre- 

 " fides at this affembly be avenged ? Muft 



he not punilh the perjured, fmce he re- 

 " ceives their oaths? All men, whether white 

 ** or black, ^re before him j all are fubje£ted 

 " to his fupreme will ; and he requires from 

 ** us all, under the paiu of incurring pu- 

 " nifliments equally terrible and feTcre, the 

 " fame fidelity, and the fame fmcerity.'* 



Rabcfin (this was the name of the orator) 

 pronounced thefe horrid imprecmions three 

 times J and with fo much vehemence in his 

 fpcech and geftures, that they made an im- 

 preflion upcn the atfembly, of which it 

 would be impoiiible to convey an idea by 

 words, 



Whilfl the afTembly were in this ftate 

 fear and terror, John Harre and the other 

 chiefs with a trembling hand put about a 

 5 fpoon- 



