thus do they prove the reverse ; and in truth , their attempt to disguise is childish , so plainly do they pretend not to see the truth , yet verily , each and all of them , throughout their encampment , are making prayers and sacrifices of hens and cocks , and if a man is asked the reason of the sacrifice , he will say , `` i make sacrifice for the safety of my faraway family '' ; or he will say , `` i make sacrifice for the success of my trading '' ; or he will say , `` i make sacrifice in honor of such or another deceased member of my family '' ; or he will say many another reason , and then he will add , `` and also for the lifting of the mist . ''