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iesolate^ and in want of every tliiug", the habi- 

 tation of the wicked. Others are of opinion 

 that all indiscriminately enjoy there eternal 

 pleasure, pretending that the deeds of this life 

 have no influence upon a future state. 



Notwithstanding they know tlie difference be- 

 tween the body and the soul, their ideas of the 

 spirituality of the latter do not seem to be very 

 distinct, as appears from the ceremonies prac- 

 tised at their funerals. As soon as one of their 

 nation dies, his friends and relations seat them- 

 selves upon the ground around the body, and 

 weep for a long time ; they afterwards expose it, 

 clothed in the best dress of the deceased, upon 

 a high bier, called jpilluay, where it remains 

 during the night, which they pass near it in 

 weeping, or in eating and drinking Avith those of 

 who come to console them. This meeting is 

 called curicaliuin, the black entertainment, as 

 that colour is among them, as well as the Euror 

 peans, the symbol of mourning. The following 

 day^ sometimes not until the second or the third 

 after the decease of the person, they carry the 

 corpse in procession to the eltum, or burying- 

 placc of the family, which is usually situated ia 

 a wood, or on a hill. Two 3'oung men on horse- 

 back, riding full speed, precede the procession. 

 The bier is carried by the principal relationsj, 

 and is surrounded by women, who bewail the 

 deceased !n the manner of the hired mourner^} 



