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very rare. As a general rule I think the scrip- 

 tural limit is rarely exceeded. 



Q. Have they any contagious disease, or any 

 endemic disease, or goitre, pelagra, plica, and the 

 like? 



A. (Anderson.) Goitre does not exist on this 

 side of the rocky mountains. On the Saskat- 

 chewan and Pine River it is common. 



A. (Tolmie.) No goitre known west of the 

 rocky mountains. 



Q. How do they generally dispose of the dead ; 

 and are implements, articles of clothing, food, &c., 

 &c., deposited with the dead? 



A. (Anderson.) Among some tribes by burn- 

 ing, among others by burial in the ground, 

 or depositing in canoes or boxes above the 

 surface. Offerings are frequently deposited 

 about the places of sepulture, and sacrifices of 

 horses (and where slavery exists, of slaves) are 

 made. 



A. (Tolmie.) The Indians dispose of their 

 dead by interment or burning, or in canoes placed 

 on trees, or rocks, according to the nature of the 

 country. The carrier Indians of New Caledonia, 

 and the Chimmesyans on the coast, and other 

 tribes speaking their language, burn the dead. 

 In New Caledonia, at the burning, the widow in 



