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trec whereto I was bound, whieh filled me with dreadful agonies, eoneluding I was going to be made a saerifiee to their barbarity. The fire being thus made, they for some time daneed round me after their manner, with vari- ous odd motions and antic gestures, whooping, halloeing, and crying in a frightful manner, as it is their eustom. Having satisfied themselves in this sort of their mirth, they proeeeded in a more tragieal manner, taking the burning eoals and stieks, flaming with fire at the ends, holding them near my faee, head, hands, and feet, with a deal of monstrous pleasure and satisfaetion, and at she same time threatening to burn me entire- ly if I made the least noise or motion of my body. Thus tortured, as I was, almost to death, I suffered their brutal pleasure without being al- lowed to vent my inexpressible anguish otherwise than by shedding tears ; even whieh, when these inhuman tormentors observed, with a shocking pleasure and alaerity, they would take fresh eoals and apply near my eyes, telling me my faee was wet, and that they would dry it for me. How I suffered these tortures, I have here faintly des- eribed, has been matter of wonder to me many times ; but God enabled me to wait with more than common patienee for a deliveranee I daily prayed for. Having at length satisfied their brutal pleasure,