1 70 A SPORTSMAN'S EDEN. 



bought and consumed in the two nights, together 

 with twenty yards of white calico, and several 

 whole ' pieces ' of coloured material, half of which 

 was burnt as an offering to the dead, and the 

 other half distributed among the mourners. 

 The waste of goods at these wakes and fetes is 

 very great, and the fear of ghosts among the 

 Indians is carried to the most ridiculous extent ; 

 but it has one excellent result : the debts of the 

 dead are never left unpaid. 



Yours truly, 



C. P. W. 



