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appetite were fated by the ſmoke of butchered ſheep, and the ſteam of burnt offerings (21). The horror of thoſe infernal rites in ſenſibly wore off; frequent oblations allured the curious cupidity of man, and the human race were imperceptibly ſeduced to ſhare the ſanguinary feaſt, which ſuperſtition had ſpread for the principle of ill. Bolder than the reſt, and more habituated to the fight of blood, the prieſt, who was the butcher of the victims, which he offered to ſupernatural malevo-
lence,
