78 ON THE INHABITANTS OF THE 



Persons who are killed, and suicides, are buried 

 with the usual ceremony above recited. 



When a Demauno dies, his body is carried into the 

 jungles and placed under the shade of a tree, where 

 it is covered with leaves and branches, and left on 

 the bead-stead on which he died. The objection to in- 

 terring his remains is a superstitious idea, that he 

 becomes a devil, and that, if buried, he would re- 

 turn and destroy the inhabitants of the village ; 

 whereas, by placing the body under a tree, he is 

 thus compelled to play the devil in some other. The 

 usual Boge ceremonies are obferved, but cow's flesh 

 forbidden to be eaten at them. Should a Demauno eat 

 of it, God in his wrath would cause all his functions 

 to fail in their effect. 



It sometimes happens that very old men, when 

 ihey are very dangerously ill, desire their descend- 

 ants and relations to be assembled, to whom they 

 give directions about the disposal of their body : that 

 is, if they wish not to be buried, some direct their 

 remains to be placed under the shade of a tree, while 

 others order them to be thrown into a river. Their 

 will in this respect is strictly attended to, and the two 

 Boge ceremonies are observed. 



Before the chiefs of the hills put themselves under 

 the protection of the English government, wrongs 

 and injuries committed by the inhabitants of one 

 village on that of another, were in general decided 

 by the sword ; but disputes and differences, whether 

 with regard to property or otherwise, between inha- 

 bitants 



