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die messengers, who convey their prayers to the four 
great Lords, as the medium of access to the Deity. 
These guardian angels are also represented in their 
domestic worship, by a sort of Teraphim, called 
C)lis # , which are used on almost every occasion in 
their domestic arrangements, and are frequently worn 
by the heads of families, as a preservative from evil. 
They believe in the immortality of the soul, and 
that, after death, it returns to Zanhare; but they have 
no idea of future punishment, or that the soul can 
suffer evil after its separation from the body: they 
believe that bad men will be punished in this world, 
by a complication of misfortune; and that the good 
will be rewarded by a good state of health, constancy 
of his friends, increase of fortune, and obedience of 
children. 
They look upon the sun as a glorious body, and, 
as some have supposed, as a spiritual being, but 
created and dependent: they frequently gaze at it 
with wonder, if not with adoration, but offer no 
prayers to it. They consider it as the source of all 
their personal enjoyments ; but ascribe that source to 
a superior Power, and therefore address their ascrip¬ 
tions of praise to Him alone. 
* The Oli is made of small pieces of wood, neatly joined 
together, in the form of a half-moon, with the horns downward, 
and between the points are two alligators' teeth. It is fancifully 
adorned with beads of different colours, and a sash is fastened 
to it at the back, for the purpose of tying it round the person 
who makes use of it. 
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