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to R;ij[ih BraluL, whotu iiKiuy ns J 

 have i^siid, ri\U Tu iii hn, lUe Lurd 

 J ^siiSj— aiiil it is evident Ihai tunuy 

 (lithe iilinnieterisdcs of Rajah Brazil, 

 apply til Christ, only. 



The MatitraH lielieve tliat!lir*re tve- 

 ry where exists n deiuon,— in the stir 

 vvhk'li tlipy brPHtliE, in the land whidi 

 t liey culnvalejifi I tie fcr(;?ts wtiidi snr-* 

 Toniid them, in the water which ihcy 

 flriuk^ in the rrcp^ whit^h they tci) tiiid 

 ij the ct'^ftH of th(? t'ockts. Aci;or(Iin(j 

 to iheni this demon the catitrc of nl] 

 evil; jT they are ill> it h the demon 

 which U fhc cause, if they suffer au 

 accident it U the name deninn, — heore 

 the deiiion k called the Evil 8(iii it. 

 Ihc EvU Spirit Dr demon beiii*; »iip* 

 posed to hf* the author of all mist'or- 

 tan&j all I heir superstitions iunconlined 

 toeiidianttnent.— to charms whieli ap- 

 pease the evil spirit and render the 

 must fci'odoiis Eiiiininl^i tame aiid peace- 

 able. If they wish to cxcUe i:arnal 

 love, hatred itr jealousy, they resors li> 

 Lemit or witchcraft, Ci>iiviii(ted that 

 all malady has its origin in the denioti* 

 they seek to appease or to cniisiraiiL 

 it to qnit the phce by silly observe n(iei* 

 called Tankai; having proctired 

 tx'rtiiln herbs J and certain rnois, they 

 proritiuui:c t^ertain magical words, 

 whith they dci not themselvef^ even 

 uuiic^rstand, then they take the ntedi^ 

 tine to the per Him who is ilt, accompa- 

 iiitid with certain injunctions; yt otiicr 



