no HORSE-SHOES JND HORSE-SHOEING. 



originated from the circumstance that this animal's bones 

 were mistaken for those of the Patagonians. And the 

 Red Indian desires the company of his steed, when the 

 Great Spirit calls him to the hunting-grounds beyond the 

 setting sun. Longfellow has celebrated the burial of the 

 Minnisink, an Indian chief, in some of his happiest verses. 



' Behind, the long procession came 

 Of hoary men and chiefs of fame. 

 With heavy hearts, and eyes of grief, 

 Leading the war-horse of their chief, 



Stripp'd of his proud and martial dress, 

 Uncurb'd, unrein'd, and riderless. 

 With darting eye, and nostril spread. 

 And heavy and impatient tread. 

 He came 5 and oft that eye so proud 

 Ask'd for his master in the crowd. 



They buried the dark chief j they freed 

 Beside the grave his battle steed ; 

 And swift an arrow cleaved its way 

 To his stern heart ! One piercing neigh 

 Arose — and, on the dead man's plain. 

 The rider grasps his steed again.' 



In Central Africa, for lack of horses, other creatures 

 accompany the deceased, if he be a wealthy individual.' 



In France, as we have already mentioned, and as will 

 be again referred to, this mode of sepulture was common 



' ' When a Wanyamwezi dies in a strange country, and his comrades 

 take the trouble to 'inter him, they turn the face of the corpse towards 

 the mother's village, a proceeding which shows more sentiment than 

 might be expected from them. The body is buried standing, or tightly 

 bound in a heap, or placed in a sitting position with the arms clasping 

 the knees ; if the deceased be a great man, a sheep and a bullock are 

 slaughtered for a funeral feast, the skin is placed over his face, and the 

 hide is bound to his back. 



