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chap, in.] WEST INDIES. 
lessors of Obi, nor the many examples of those who 
from time to time have been hanged or transported, 
have hitherto produced the desired effect. We con¬ 
clude, therefore, that either this sect, like others 
in the world, has flourished under persecution; or, 
that fresh supplies are annually introduced from 
the African seminaries. 
The following is the paper referred to in the 
preceding account. 
OBEAH PRACTICE. 
WE have the following narratives from a plant¬ 
er in Jamaica, a gentleman of the strictest veracity 
who is now in London, and ready to attest the truth 
of them. 
c< Upon returning to Jamaica in the year 1775 , he 
found that a great many of his negroes had died 
during his absence; and that of such as remained 
alive, at least one-half were debilitated, bloated, 
and in a very deplorable condition. The mortality 
continued after his arrival, and two or three were 
frequently buried in one day; others were taken 
ill, and began to decline under the same symptoms. 
Every means were tried by medicines, and the 
most careful nursing, to preserve the lives of the 
feeblest; but in spite of all his endeavours, this de- 
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