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Rh patriarchs, Christian preachers, &c. The prophet is a discreet confessor.

says that there are certain men who have the heads of dogs; who bark when they converse, and clothe themselves in the skins of animals. (104) These represent preachers, who ought to be coarsely clad, as an example to others.—Also in India there are men who possess a single eye, which is placed in the forehead. (105) They live upon the flesh of animals. These are they who have the eye of prayer.

In Africa there are women without heads, having eyes in their breasts. (106) Such are like humble men.—In the east, over against