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rider and horse were of one piece, that the man was 
part of the beast. They did not dare approach it. There 
are some at St. Vincent who have never yet seen 
Christians. 
They call the Sun Ruler of the Stars , and think that it 
is his bright light which prevents the shining of the 
stars by day. Yet they believe that the stars retire and 
come down in the night. Lightning is caused by SAVA- 
COU, when he blows fire out of a large gun. COUALINA 
is captain of the Chemeens : LlMACANl is a comet 
sent by the captain to cause evil when he is vexed. 
JOULOUCA, the Rain-bow Spirit, lives on fish, lizards, 
pigeons, and humming birds, and is covered with fine 
feathers of all colours, especially on the head. He is the 
rain-bow which we see ; the clouds prevent us from 
seeing the rest of the body. He makes the Caribs ill 
when it finds nothing to eat above. If this fine Iris ap- 
pears when they are at sea, they take it as a good omen 
of a prosperous journey. When it appears to them while 
they are on land, they hide in their houses and think that 
it is a strange and masterless spirit which seeks to kill 
somebody. 
Of their Chemeens and of Maboia, who are their good 
and evil spirits, and of some of their devilish supersti- 
tions. — As a proof of the bestial nature of the Caribs, it may 
be told that they are never willing to go and enjoy the 
delights which they say are above, because they must first 
die ; and, as, they have no other desire but those of the 
present life, they get angry when they are spoken to 
about going to Paradise. They are altogether unwilling 
to leave their present goods for future ones, quit 
what they possess for what is unknown to them, or 
