HILLS NEAR RA'jAMAHALL. yi 



weaned, at the expiration of five days, the relations 

 and neighbours are invited to a feast called Boge, 

 which being prepared, the father, or nearest male 

 relation, takes a little of every thing that may be 

 dressed, and proceeds to the road leading to the bu- 

 rying-ground, where he throws them away, in the 

 name of God and the deceased ; the intention of 

 which is to avert the like misfortune in future ; and, 

 returning to his house, the company are feasted, all 

 observing the same custom of throwing away a little, 

 in the name of God and the deceased, previous to 

 eating. Another entertainment, similar to this, is 

 given at the expiration of a year, and, annually, at 

 the thanksgiving for reaping the iakalloo and kosar'ane. 

 Some of each of these grains are thrown away, in the 

 name of God and of the deceased. 



When a child is still-born, the body is put into 

 an earthen pot by the women who attend, and co- 

 vered with leaves ; the father carries the pot into 

 the jungles, places it near the stem of a tree, and 

 covers it with some brush-wood, where he leaves it ; 

 and there is no further ceremony. 



The corpse of a person dying of the small-pox 

 or measles, is taken with the bed-stead into a jungle 

 about a mile from the village, and placed under the 

 shade of a tree, where the body, the bed-stead, and 

 clothes, are .covered with leaves and branches, 

 and left. Those who attend the funeral, bathe be- 

 fore they return to their homes. At the expiration of 

 a year, the relations, being prepared for a festival, 

 proceed out of the village on the road leading to 



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