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On a death occurring, the village is deserted. A corpse it 

 not buried, but is left in the house where death took place; fond. 

 tobacco and personal belongings being placed near to it. The 

 hut in which a body is left is often fenced round. Corpses are 

 not buried because it is thought that the spirits of the dead 

 would iind difficulty in making their way upwards if this were 

 done. 



A Custom with Regard to Personal Names. 



I was informed that names given in childhood are often 

 changed at about the age of puberty. For instance, the Jakun 

 told me that one man named Itam had formerly been called 

 Ketiel. 



