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low-tide mark. On the top of tlie cofTiu-lM nre erected tall 

 flags, and the figures of men playing gongs, shooting gnus, and 

 gesticulating uildly to frighten away evil influences from the 



GRAVE OF A NATIVE CHIEF, 



sleeper. Sometimes the platform is erected on the shore above 

 high-water marlc, and near it is stuck in tlie ground a tall 

 bamboo full of palm-wine ; and suspended over a baiiiboo rail 



