The Human Sacrifice 
with apparent relish and seemed to feel honored 
by the attention shown him. 
The women showed a physical endurance and 
a madness that was really terrible to behold. 
They seemed to be possessed of the devil and I 
have not the slightest hesitation in believing that 
they were. With amazing rapidity, they went 
round and round encircling the victim until the 
ground, which had been previously covered with 
high grass, was as bare as a floor and quite 
smooth. 
The place was partially enclosed by several 
large boulders, and in the rear of the enclosure 
thus formed were several others nearly as large 
as a house. These made narrow, dark alleys 
leading to little courts. The whole place was as 
complete a “devil’s den” as could be imagined. 
Previous to this event, I had called it, “Pan’s 
den,” but 1 now changed it to the first name. 
While the women were singing, dancing and 
invoking the victim as a god, as 1 have already 
described, the officiating priest placed two up¬ 
right forks about seven feet high on'each side of 
the entrance and across these laid a pole from 
which a fringe of palm leaves was suspended. 
While the maniac dance still continued, the 
victim was laid on his face and beheaded. The 
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