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parched fields demanded the refreſhing dew of heaven; or, if deluged with rain, they required the drying ardour of the ſun, the ſimple Guanchos conducted their cattle to a place appointed, and ſevering the young ones from their dams, they raiſed a general bleating in the flock, whoſe cries, they believed, had power to move the almighty good to hear their ſupplication, and to grant their requeſt (9). And who, with a beneficent being to intercede, ſo fit as thoſe innocent animals? To
a God
