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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. )—Notapparently, atleast 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, 7. ¢. of ghosts, fairies, &c., &c.; of magic, 
witchcraft, or second sight? 
A. (Anderson.)—They have. 
A. (Tolmie.) — Their mythology is ample, 
