when I came a little nearer, they started up upon their feet, and

raised a howl, as if it had been so many deep-mouthed hounds, and

walked away, as if they were displeased at our disturbing them. A

little way off from the idol, and at the door of a hut, made of

sheep and cow skins dried, stood three men with long knives in

their hands; and in the middle of the tent appeared three sheep

killed, and one young bullock. These, it seems, were sacrifices to

that senseless log of an idol; the three men were priests belonging