266 INTERMENT OF HERETICS. 



as fast as it is thrown in upon the unprotect- 

 ed corpse, with a force sufficient to crush a 

 dehcate frame to atoms. 



As the remains of heretics are not permit- 

 ted to polhite either the church-yard or Campo 

 Santo, those Americans who have died in 

 Santa Fe, have been buried on a hill which 

 overlooks the town to the northward. The 

 corpses have sometimes been disinterred and 

 robbed of the shroud in which they were en- 

 veloped ; so that, on a few occasions, it has 

 been deemed expedient to appoint a special 

 watch for the protection of the grave. 



