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BAOBAB TREE. 
forfeited the rites of sepulture ; these bodies in time 
become perfectly dry, and are complete mummies 
without any other preparation. The greatest num- 
ber of persons so suspended, are said to have been 
jugglers, or to have pretended to a superior know- 
ledge, by which they drew upon themselves the in- 
dignation of the other negroes, who considered 
them as sorcerers. 
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