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 Wonders, they shouted for Joy, and danced upon my Breast, repeating several times as they did at first, Hekinah Degul. They made me a sign that I should throw down the two Hogsheads, but first warning the People below to stand out of the way, crying aloud, Borach Mivola, and when they saw the Vessels in the Air, there was an universal shout of Hekinah Degul. I confess I was often tempted, while they were passing backwards and forwards on my Body, to seize forty or fifty of the first that came in my reach, and dash them against the Ground. But the Remembrance of what I had felt, which probably might not be the worst they could do, and the Promise of Honour I made them, for so I interpreted my submissive Behaviour, soon drove out these Imaginations. Besides, I now consider'd my self as bound by the Laws of Hospitality to a People who had treated me with so much Expence and Magnificence. However, in my Thoughts, I could not sufficiently wonder at the In-