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come to him, nor let him be in any way unhappy! I the one who 
speak, I the priest, I who burn this incense, I who pray for him, I 
who take him under my protection, I beseech you that he may easily 
find his food. Do thou then, God, send him his money; do not 
allow him to get sick with fever, let him not become paralytic, let 
him not be choked with a cough, let him not be bitten by a serpent, 
let him not be swollen with wind nor asthmatic, let him not become 
mad nor be bitten by a dog, let him not perish by a thunderbolt, 
suffer him not to perish by rum, nor die by sword or stave, neither 
let an eagle snatch him away; assist him, O clouds! assist him, 0 
lightnings ! assist him, O thunderclap ! Aid him, Saint Peter, aid him, 
Saint Paul, aid him, thou Eternal Father! I then who have spoken 
for him thus far, I pray that sickness may come upon his opponents; 
grant that when his enemyr goes forth from his house he may encoun¬ 
ter sickness ; grant likewise that wherever he mayr please to go, there 
he may meet with difficulties. Do vour duty against enemies wherever 
they may be ; do it as I pray you, blessed spirits ! God be with you! 
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost! \So be it! 
Amen, Jesus! ” 
THE NAMES OF GUATEMALTECAN TOWNS. 
It is uncertain whether at the present day any of the abo¬ 
riginal names of places survive, for the successive invaders from 
the North or from beyond the seas, if they did not utterly de¬ 
stroy towns, imposed new names on the conquered places. We 
speak of the ruins of Palenque or of Quirigua, but we do not 
know the former names of these places, and call them, for con¬ 
venience, by the name of the nearest modern village. Much 
ingenuity has been expended in the derivation of Indian names 
still extant, even the name of the republic itself being one of 
the undetermined ones ; for while Guatemala is undoubtedly 
taken from the name of the Cakchiquel capital, Tecpan Quahte- 
malan, it is not known whether this was named for Prince 
Jieutemal, or indeed whether the prince of that name ever ex¬ 
isted. Quiche is derived from qui , “ many,” and die , “ trees; 
or from queche , quechelau , meaning “ a forest,” — an inappro¬ 
priate name now. No less questionable are the derivations of 
Tucurub , “ town of owls; ” EsQItz^cuintla(n) , 66 land of dogs;” 
Izmachi , “ black hair; ” and many others. 
