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Yet I liked not to pray to a jealous God there where the frail affectionate gods whom the heathen love were being humbly invoked; so I bethought me, instead, of Sheol Nugganoth, whom the men of the jungle have long since deserted, who is now unworshipped and alone; and to him I prayed. YET I LIKED NOT TO PRAY TO A JEALOUS GOD THERE WHERE THE FRAIL AFFECTIONATE GODS WHOM THE HEATHEN LOVE WERE BEING HUMBLY INVOKED SO I BETHOUGHT ME INSTEAD OF SHIEL NEWGANOTH WHOM THE MEN OF THE JUNGLE HAVE LONG SINCE DESERTED WHO WAS NOW UNWORSHIPPED AND ALONE AND TO HIM I PRAYED
 Yann and the white mist that softly cloaked the jungle, before they returned again to their marshes. And then the sailors knelt on the decks and prayed, not all together, but five or six at a time. Side by side there kneeled down together five or six, for there only prayed at the same time men of different faiths, so that no god should hear two men praying to him at once. As soon as any one had finished his prayer, another of the same faith would take his place. Thus knelt the row of five or six with bended heads under the fluttering sail, while the central stream of the River Yann took them on towards the sea, and their prayers rose up from among the lanterns and went towards the stars. And behind them in the after end of the ship the helmsman prayed aloud the helmsman's prayer, which is prayed by all who follow his trade upon the River Yann, of whatever faith they be. And the captain prayed to his little lesser gods, to the gods that bless Belzoond. And I too felt that I would pray.  DISTANT REACHES OF THE YAWN AND THE WHITE MIST THAT SOFTLY CLOAKED THE JUNGLE BEFORE THEY RETURNED AGAIN TO THEIR MARSHES AND THEN THE SAILORS KNELT ON THE DECKS AND PRAYED NOT ALTOGETHER BUT FIVE OR SIX AT A TIME SIDE BY SIDE THERE KNEELED DOWN TOGETHER FIVE OR SIX FOR THERE ONLY PRAYED AT THE SAME TIME MEN OF DIFFERENT FAITHS SO THAT NO GOD SHOULD HEAR TWO MEN PRAYING TO HIM AT ONCE AS SOON AS ANYONE HAD FINISHED HIS PRAYER ANOTHER OF THE SAME FAITH WOULD TAKE HIS PLACE THUS KNELT THE ROW OF FIVE OR SIX WITH BENDED HEADS UNDER THE FLUTTERING SAIL WHILE THE CENTRAL STREAM OF THE RIVER YAWN TOOK THEM ON TOWARDS THE SEA AND THEIR PRAYERS ROSE UP FROM AMONG THE LANTERNS AND WENT TOWARDS THE STARS AND BEHIND THEM IN THE AFTER END OF THE SHIP THE HELMSMAN PRAYED ALOUD THE HELMSMAN'S PRAYER WHICH IS PRAYED BY ALL WHO FOLLOW HIS TRADE UPON THE RIVER YAN OF WHATEVER FAITH THEY BE AND THE CAPTAIN PRAYED TO HIS LITTLE LESSER GODS TO THE GODS THAT BLESS BELZOUND AND I TOO FELT THAT I WOULD PRAY
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