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death and victory proved their wish to begin the war. The pro- 
cession returned about three P. M . on Monday, when the King 
took his seat in the market place with his small band, and " death! 
death! death!" was echoed by his horns. He sat with a silver 
goblet of palm wine in his hand, and when they cut off any head, 
imitated a dancing motion in his chair; a little before dark, he 
finished his terrors for that day, by retiring to the palace, and soon 
after, the chiefs came from their concealment, and paraded the 
streets, rejoicing that they had escaped death, although a few days 
might put them in the same fear. I had been attacked by a violent 
fit of ague in the morning, from having stood so long in the sun the 
day before while with the King, it being unusually hot. I dared 
not send out my people to procure any thing, least they should be 
murdered, and in fact there was nothing in the market to be had : 
there was not even a drop of water in the house. The sacrifice 
was continued till the next Adai custom, seventeen days. 
