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which of these two was supreme, there appears to have been a wide difference of opinion. In Some of their ancient prayers, they speak of the Sun as a Male, and consider of course, the Moon as a female: In others, however, they involve the Sun as the female and the Moon as the Male; because, as they say, the Moon is vigilant and travels at night. But both Sun and Moon, as we have before said, are addressed as the Creator. A prayer to the Moon as the Creator will be found in a future page among the ceremonies in conjuring against drought, where he ( the Moon) is supplicated to cast certain beads around the neck of his wife, the Sun, and darken her face, that clouds may come from the mountain. While in one of the most ancient prayers, to be repeated early in the morning when going to the water, the Sun, -- designated under the title of Creator, -- is implored to grant them a long & blissful life here, as their only place of happiness; and in many instances a request is added to this Creator, to take their spirit, and bear it with him until he has ascended to the meridian, that is, until noon, and then restore it to them. The same prayer, with the exception of the last clause, was also repeated at night. The expression A, kem yvm ku, gv, -- Squa, ne, lv, nv. hi, -- Sun, my Creator