more than the Will to do them no good at least to do them no harm. As for the Great Being they never worship him because beeing all goodness he has not the power and it would be contrary to his nature to do them any mischief and will do all the good he can without being teazed into it. When they die they think they are to go to a place where they will enjoy forever all the sensual pleasures of this life.

Next to their Gods the Nascapees hold in the highest veneration their Conjurors who act in the double Capacity of Priests and Physicians and not only intercede for them with the Good & bad Spirit but likewise restore health to their sick. When one of these enters the place of worship prepared for his reception with a rattle in his hand and a stick across in his mouth the most silent awe reigns around and the most Sanguine Expectations are formed by the Beholders of the Success of the magician's skin in petitioning the God of Animals and in scaring the Devil. He is no sooner

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