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Timor. 



do with us. The dead are placed on a stage, raised six or 

 eight feet above the ground, sometimes oj^eu and sometimes 

 covered with a roof. Here the body remains till the relatives 



TIMOR MEN. {From a i^hotograph.) 



can afford to make a feast, when it is buried. The Timorese 

 are generally great thieves, but are not bloodthirsty. They 

 fight continually among themselves, and take every opportuni- 

 ty of kidnaping unprotected people of other tribes for slaves ; 

 but Europeans may pass anywhere through the country in 

 safety. Except a few half-breeds in the town, there are no 

 native Christians in the island of Timor. The people retain 



