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THE CARNIVORES 



is cut off, and the weapons with which he has been wounded are offered to it, and 

 he is asked to avenge himself upon them. Afterward the carcass, amidst a frenzied 

 uproar, is distributed among the people, and amidst feasting and riot the head, 

 placed upon a pole, is worshiped, z. e., it receives libations of sakg, and the festival 



THE MALAYAN BEAR. 



(One-twelfth natural size. ) 



closes with general intoxication." In another part of the country the neck of the 

 bear is broken by means of a pole placed across it, upon which a number of men 

 bring their weight together. Somewhat similar customs used to take place in Nor- 

 way when a brown bear was killed. 



