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a man of quick perception, — -and keen in- 
sight into human nature — and who has long 
resided in that country, and has obtained a 
great influence over the people in general, 
and the members of the *i purrow-society " 
in particular, has taken special pains to 
collect facts concerning this society, and he 
has sketched a history of its doings from 
which we extract the following concerning 
their meetings : 
"One of the members of this association 
acts in the capacity of a devil. He speaks 
through a trumpet, made of a bottle with a 
hole in the neck like a flute. He also has 
an interpreter who is privy to all the wishes 
of the " purrow," and he speaks what they 
wish, and not what is spoken by the trum- 
pet. "What the man with the trumpet says 
must be done, however, even to the taking 
of life. No woman is allowed to see either 
the trumpet, or the man using it, and if she 
should, she must die. A boy who strolls 
into the woods where they meet is detained, 
and introduced into all the superstitions of 
the purrow. All the people in the purrow 3 
