Of TinE MrQUITo TNDrINS.


portatee and whose occult tifff ever
regarded with the deepest and mostimpHi-
cit veneration.
 They have no modesof public nwohip,
tor could any particular forms of-elig os
persunadn be found to prevail amongst
them. Thete is littiew dbt, however# of
ateir paying adoration to evil spirits, front
a singwlir belief wlich iseAtertAined, that
they hive much mpre inconvenienee to
apprehend frmt the influence of thkbad
than the good,
 It common. with' mot, if aot with all
rode tribes, polygamy is freely altoweid
and a pluralityd lives isathe privilege
of every husband in the Mosquitr nation;
bit perhaps it has seldom been indulged
hi eqt al t.et en any country. MIan
nmen hee olfim from two to sixrwive;
few can be foundsatisfied with ona; their
late king surpassed all his subject in this
respect, he elakied no less thin twenty
two! t is Mosquito Majesty mighiteqr