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DAMARA GRAVE. 



saving a child that was about to be destroyed in this barbar- 

 ous manner. 



After having consigned the remains of a chief to his last 

 resting-place, they collect his arms, war-dress, &c., and sus- 

 pend them to a pole or to a tree at the head of the grave. 



DAMAKA GRAVE. 



The horns of such oxen as have been killed in commemora- 

 tion of the occasion are hung up in like manner — a custom 

 also found among the natives of Madagascar. The tomb 

 consists of a large heap of stones, surrounded by an inclosure 

 of thorn bushes, no doubt to prevent hygenas and other car- 

 nivorous animals from extracting the corpse. Sometimes, 



