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There are other Nations who diifer from the former in 

 burying their Dead : When one of them dies, the greater 

 he was in Dignity, the more Expensive is his Funeral, and 

 performed with the greater Ceremony: When a King dies, 

 they bury him Avith a great deal of Solemnity; (according to 

 their Method) upon his Grave they set the Cup wherein he 

 used to drink out of, about the Grave they stick many Ar- 

 rows, weep and fast three Days successively without ceasing ; 

 all the Kings who were his Friends make the like Mourning, 

 in token of the Love they had for him ; they cut off more than 

 the one half of their Hair, the Women as well as the Men: 

 During the space of six Moons (so some Nations reckon 

 their months) there are certain Women appointed which 

 lament the death of the King, crying with a loud Voice three 

 time a Day, viz. Morning, Noon, and in the Evening. All 

 the goods of the King are put into his House, and then they 

 set it on Fire wherein they consume all. They likewise 

 bury the Body of the Priests or Conjurers in their Houses, 

 which they set on Fire with all the Goods. 



For it is to be observ'd, notwithstanding these People are 

 so very illiterate and bred after such a Savage manner : Yet 

 they have as gTeat regard and respect for their Kings and 

 great Men, as any People to be met with. When any of 

 these great Men dye, their methods in their Burials are dif- 

 ferent from the former, for the first thing that is done is to 

 place the nearest Eelations nigh the Corps, who Mourn and 

 Weep very much, having their Hair hanging down their 

 Shoulders in a very Forlorn manner. After the dead Per- 

 son has lain a Day and a Night upon their Hurdles made of 

 Canes, commonly in some out House prepared for that pur- 

 pose. Those that Officiate about the Funeral go into the 

 Town, and the first young Men they meet with that have 



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