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SWALLOW. 
caverns a tutelar goddess is worshipped, whose 
priest burns incense, and lays his protecting hands 
on every person preparing to descend. A flambeau 
is carefully prepared at the same time with a gum 
which exudes from a tree growing in the vicinity, 
and which is not easily extinguished by fixed air or 
subterraneous vapours. 
