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186 the Evening at one of their Houes, where, after is is grown Dark, every one being eated, the Angekkok caues himelf to be tied, his Head between his Legs, and his Hands behind his Back, and a Drum is laid at his Side; thereupon, after the Windows are hut, and the Light put out, the Aembly ings a Ditty, which, they ay, is the Compoition of their Ancetors; when they have done inging, the Angekkok begins with conjuring, muttering and brawling; invokes Torngaruk, who intantly preents himelf, and converes with him, (here the materly Juggler knows how to play his Trick, in changing the Tone of his Voice, and counterfeiting one different from his own) which makes the too credulous Hearers believe, that this counterfeited Voice is that of Torngaruk, who converes with the Angekkok. In the mean while he works himelf looe, and, as they believe, mounts up into Heaven through the Roof of the Houe, and paes through the Air till he arrives into the highet of Heavens, where the Souls of Angekkut Poglit, that is the chief Angekkuts reide,