Note 21 — Cabo TRES PUNTAS.

The Word Fetish is used in a double Signification among the Negroes: It is applied to Dress and Ornament, and to something reverenced as a Deity (a Lake, a Stone, a Tree, &c.) both so far agree, as to be regarded as a Charm. That by a Peculiarity, and this by some inherent Essence, can attract Good, or divert Evil. Here they sometimes hide the Fetish in secret parts of the Woods; on urgent Occasions make a sort of Appeal to them, separating some the Friday, some the Saturday, and keep within doors the whole day, in a Moaning, or what you may call a Devotion to it.