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The Calmucs burn only the bodies of their chief clergy, 

 lamas, and princes. The Prince Oudon married a Turcoman 

 woman who insisted on being buried. Some are buried naked, 

 leaning on one arm, as if reposing, their heads towards the 

 west. A stake is planted at each corner of the grave, with a 

 small flag of blue cloth. Some are thrown into the water, 

 others carried into the woods. Some are buried under a heap 

 of stones. (Pallas, i. 574.) 



Some historians tell us that the priests in the great temple 

 at Mexico amounted to five thousand ; four hundred were in 

 the service of Tezcatzontatl alone. (Clavigero, i. 270.) — Note, 

 There were five thousand astrologers in the court of the Grand 

 Khan Kublai, at Pekin. We must suppose that priests of 

 every description were adepts in the occult art. (Marco Polo, 

 by Mars den, p. 377, note 717). On the establishment of 

 Teeshoo Laomboo, in Thibet, there were three thousand seven 

 hundred gylongs for the performance of daily service in the 

 temple. (Recs's Cyc, Lama.) (From this quarter, Assam, 

 the writer supposes Montezuma to be derived ; he wore golden 

 shoes, a mitre such as is in use by the Lamas;) and his 

 reception of Cortez was quite in the Mogul style. (Conq. of 

 Hex. p. 326.) 



Thirteen hundred sweet sounding little bells were in the booty 

 at Darien. — Peter Martyr, Hak. iv. 647. Note. The Grand 

 Khan Kublai sent an officer to take possession of the city of 

 Mien (the old capital of Ava). There were two marble pyra- 

 midal towers, ten paces high, terminated with a ball, around 

 which were suspended small bells of gold and silver, which 

 sounded when put in motion by the wind. The officer was 

 accompanied by numerous jugglers, and he found many ele- 

 phants. — Marsden's Marco Polo, p. 449. 



The Missouris are divided into bands, the pheasant, bear, 

 buffalo, elk, dog ; the latter is the bravest in war ; {Bracken-' 

 ridge, Journey to the Missouri, 1816, p. 155) ; the eagle, 

 hawk, beaver, and from all beasts, fowls, and fishes. — {Remarks 

 on the Ind. of N. Amer. Boston, 1826, p. 13.) The juggler 

 or priest names the dog or animal which is to be adored, and 

 when it dies, they mourn till another brute is chosen as their 



