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fear; and if they suppose the “devil” there is 
angry, they will sacrifice to him. Our boatmen 
while passing a rough place in the water said, 
“Devil angry too much, that make the water 
t 
rough.” 
I saw a place on the Boom River where they had 
a devil-house ” in the woods, and on the top of 
it was a country cloth, which was put there for 
his use. At another time I saw them bring a 
quantity of rice and palm-oil, and place them near 
the devil-house.” They often take the best 
food they have, prepared in the best order, and 
give it, as they say, to the devil” to eat. They 
suppose him to be of similar tastes to themselves ; 
and hence such articles of food as they relish they 
give to him. At another time I saw them put a 
quantity of rice in an iron pot, which was sunk 
into the ground its whole deptli, being near the 
devil-place.” Upon inquiry what that was for, 
they said the ^‘devil ” would come into the pot 
and tell them what witch trouble their friends if 
they get sick. 
Near the Wela Falls, on the Jong River, Mr. 
Brooks and I were passing a devil-house,” un- 
der wliich, among other things, lay a beautiful 
round stone, about the size of a potato, which I 
took up to look at. For doing this I was called 
to an account by the head-men of Wela; and after 
