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the case of persons of rank or importance the jaw-bones and 

 horns are inserted into holes one above the other in a tall 

 pole, whose number indicates the eminence of him who sleeps 

 below. Such a memento stood within this Sauo homestead 

 enclosure to mark the resting-place of the Dato's grandfather. 

 ■ When a king dies the chief officers of the kingdom are 



summoned to pronounce that he is really dead. As soon as 





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this declavation has been made the whole farnily, who have 

 till then preserved complete silence, break out mto er.es and 

 lamentations. For seven days no work is P^™' ^'' J" ]^ 

 done within the limits of the kingdom, no betel o^ J " "■f^ ''^^ 

 used, and the people must cut their hair m token fj^^^^^'- 

 For weeks and even months the relatives of the defunct r»e 

 eontiune to arrive, and as each one mnst view the corpse as it 



