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patient dies, or by large payments when accused 

 by a dying man of having caused his illness. 

 Rival practitioners get rid of each other by 

 practising on the credulity of dying persons as 

 to the originator of their ailments. Murder is 

 oftener settled by payment of property to the 

 victim's relatives than by retribution, yet occa- 

 sionally retaliation ensues after a settlement. 



Q. Approximately the number of inhabitants ? 

 Has the number sensibly varied, and within what 

 period ? if so, from what causes ? 



A. (Anderson.) The population is perceptibly 

 on the decrease. 



Q. Have they any mode of commemorating 

 victories, by monuments, or hieroglyphics ? 



A. (Anderson.) Not apparently, at least tome. 



Q. Have they any sacred days or periods, any 

 order of priests ; if so, are they hereditary, elective, 

 or determined by any particular circumstance? 



A. (Tolmie.) The Flatheads offered sacri- 

 fices to the sun on every solemn occasion, and 

 the chief presided. 



Q. Is there any idea of an order of inferior 

 spirits, i. e. of ghosts, fairies, &c., &c. ; of magic, 

 witchcraft, or second sight? 



A. (Ande?*son.)-- r hey have. 



A. (Tolmie.) Their mythology is ample, 



