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He seemed glad that there was no doubt smacked his lips over it and went on. "Obeah that's black magic; and voodoo that's snake-worship. The island is rotten with 'em rotten with 'em." He looked sidelong over his empty glass at the Reverend Arthur Simpson.
He had access to many native sources of information; but unfortunately never cites any in the margin but Sayid Raza's MS. I have not hesitated to combat his views on several points; but there are few English writers on the subject to whom we are more indebted. Besides this work, and one to be hereafter noticed, he was the author of books on Ancient Palibothra and on snake-worship.
The West Coast I've been there is not so bad as Hayti. It's never been anything else than what it is now, you see, and if it moves at all it must move forward. There's nothing awful about savagery when people have never known anything else. Hayti has. You know what the island used to be before Desalines." "I've read. But just what do you mean by West Coast savagery here?" "Snake-worship. Voodoo."
My father thought I was a strange child. However, in a few days, my brothers and sisters were quite well, and the belief of my parents in snake-worship died away. Daniel, at that time, had no teacher but the Holy Spirit.
But it must be remembered that snake-worship is of very ancient origin, not only in Further India, but also in the nearer peninsula, where the serpent race or Nagas, who may have given their name to the town of Nagpur, were long held in superstitious reverence. Mr.
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