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tain MacNeil, who succeeded him, 

 persevered for many years in the 

 systematic efforts I have described to 

 stamp out the practice of human sacri- 

 fice. And at the time of my arrival 

 in G-anjam it was considered that this 

 object had been attained, and the 

 sacrifice of a buffalo everywhere sub- 

 stituted for that of a human being. 



The persons rescued from time to 

 time had now reached a considerable 

 number, all dependent on the Govern- 

 ment for the means of support. It was 

 resolved to try and form an agricultural 

 community of them ; they were provided 

 with lands, seed, cattle, and implements, 

 and located in a village erected for 

 them by the Government. It was hoped 

 that the " Merias," as they had come 



