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their Ancestors: it is for them, their family, & their Suc¬ 
cessors. Those of the least quality have them separately 
& the Slaves apart 
The most part of these Blacks name these Emounouques , 
Trangues de Beliche , that is to say, Houses of the Devil. 
These Emounouques are well garnish’d with the riches 
of these Blacks, either with mannelers of gold or silver, 
coral, cornelians, lambas, & other things. There are not 
any Blacks who dare to plunder anything there, because if 
they are found out they would be punish’d with death ; 
besides in addition that they fear the dead & believe that 
the devil is in these Emounouques , who would make them 
die if they enter’d to steal these. In war all things are 
plunder’d, but never are these Emounouques pillag’d, 
because of the apprehension which the Blacks have, & none 
is sufficiently daring to enter therein, unless to aid in 
putting some one in. 
They serve up food for the dead during some period of 
time, and serve everything raw, & that which is necessary 
for cooking it, telling them that they can cook it accord¬ 
ing to their fancy, and they hang around the Emounouques 
the heads of the beasts which they kill in memory of the 
Defunct persons. 
When they have plac’d a dead body they bring a young 
ox or cow before it, then dance & perform the Mitave 
round it, after which the Chief of the troop murmurs cer¬ 
tain words in the ear of the beast, then cuts its throat, & 
immolates it to the Manes of the Defunct. They hang 
its head at the Emounouque , & cut a morsel of this beast 
which they present & leave to the dead, then eat the 
remainder. 
It must be a Chief, or one of the race of Chiefs, who is 
empower’d to cut the throat of these animals. These 
Chiefs are named Rohandryes , & they are appointed as 
Sacrificators among these people; they always offer the 
