and of which they are extremely timorous, so much are they afraid of dying. There are a number of professed Jugglers or conjurers amongst them, whose sayings and dreams are looked upon as ominous in regard to future events and even influence the passions generalily of them to such a degree, particularly when they are of a dubious or disagreable nature as will throw them frequently into a state of sadness and despondency[.] [S]o credulous are they, that they attribute many of their misfortunes to arise from the Mauvaise Medecine of which they believe the Europeans to be possessed, as well as of Juggling in a superior manner to themselves, Owing to their knowledge of Books, of which the Chipweans conceive a great opinion. Generally every man amongst them has a small leathery Bag in which he deposits some things for which he has a regard, and ever afterwards it is looked upon as sacred, as he believes it to be the invisible residence of his tutelar Deity; he takes it with him wherever he goes as the women must not touch it; for were they to touch it, they think that it would immediately lose all its virtue: – it is always hung up immediately over the place

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