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take a little girl, and hold her foot in a pot 
of boiling water, he could pass a point of 
danger safely. Just after passing that place 
he was taken, with the little girl still on 
board, and the flesh had all fallen off the 
boiled foot! She died subsequently. The 
Greegree also told him that after he had 
passed the place, he must sacrifice a slave 
to the Devil, for granting him such good 
luck. This victim had been already select- 
ed, and but for the capture of the canoe, 
would have been killed in a short time. 
The other Greegree taken from that canoe 3 
" was good to keep sick from catching the 
captain." 
The third one is simply an old padlock 
covered with cloth ; having some of the 
virtue-giving Arabic writing under it. This 
will cause its owner to have plenty ol 
money, and no one would refuse to trust 
him if he wished to buy anything. In that 
country it is customary to pay part ( at least) 
in advance, for labor and goods ; but this 
Greegree would give others such confidence 
in its owner that they would trust him for 
alL Doubtless the old lock was begged 3 or 
