CHAP. III.] WEST INDIES. 277 
They believe that Accompojig, the God of the 
Heavens, is the creator of all things; a deity of in¬ 
finite gfoodness; to whom however they never of- 
fer sacrifices, thinking it sufficient to adore him 
with praise and thanksgiving. 
Assarci is the God of the Earth; to him they of¬ 
fer the first fruits of the ground, and pour out liba¬ 
tions of the liquors they drink to his honour. 
Ipboa is the God of the Sea; if the arrival of ships 
which trade upon their coast is delayed, they sacri¬ 
fice an hog to deprecate the wrath of Ipboa. 
Obboney is a malicious deity, who pervades hea¬ 
ven, earth, and sea; he is the author of all evil, and 
when his displeasure is signified by the infliction 
of pestilential disorders, or otherwise, nothing will 
divert his anger but human sacrifices ; which are 
selected from captives taken in war, or if there be 
none present, then from their slaves. 
Besides the above deities, every family has a pe¬ 
culiar tutelar saint, who is supposed to have been 
originally a human being like one of themselves, 
and the first founder of their family; upon the an¬ 
niversary of whose burial, the whole number of his 
descendants assemble round his grave, and the 
oldest man, after offering up praises to Accom- 
pong, Assarci, Ipboa, and their tutelar deity, sa¬ 
crifices a cock or goat, by cutting its throat, and 
shedding the blood upon the grave. Every head 
