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on the summer reserve, but once beyond hearing of the 
missions some remnant of the old rites is not far to seek. 
On the other hand, the church calendar is carried every- 
where over the Montagnais country; each day a pin is 
moved forward and pinned through the paper at the suc- 
ceeding date, and feast-days and Sundays are pretty well 
observed. Although the Oblates do not require the people 
to bring their dead to the shore, they do it when possible, 
for burial in consecrated ground; yet along most of the 
travelled routes of the south are a few graves, marked 
sometimes by wooden cross and fence. The burial spots 
are held in respect by the passers-by; camps are not made 
very near, nor the peace of the place disturbed. 
