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tliem to answer a single question. He himself 
conjectures, very shrewdly, that the whole is a 
mere illusion of their priests, and adds, " the 
" hoarseness of some shewed that they had lost 
" their throats in that roaring." He had, soon 
after, a still more convincing proof of the sound- 
ness of this opinion. Passing by, in company 
with a Marabout, they heard, from a little dis- 
tance, tremendous cries uttered by the Horey. 
Jobson, not so dismayed, but having a loaded 
musket in his hand, instantly expressed his deter- 
mination of discharging its contents at his infer- 
nal majesty. The Marabout employed every mo- 
tive of fear or entreaty to divert him from such 
a purpose ; but seeing that it remained firm, he 
conveyed a warning to the threatened quarter, in 
terms sufficiently understood by Jobson, who, has- 
tening to the spot, found a stout negro lying flat 
on the ground, in a state of such deadly panic 
that he was unable even to beg for mercy. After 
such an exposure, it is truly wonderful to disco- 
ver our traveller still lending some faith to this 
superstition; but he considers these persons as 
merely " belying the devil," who gave, on other 
occasions, manifest proofs of his power. Thus, 
on arriving at a place called Pompetane, he found 
himself expected, and a dinner provided, although 
he not only had sent no message, but had not 
even determined upon the journey till the mo«» 
