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then begins to cry out in a sad voice and weeping, 
Ah! We unfortunates! He or sheis dead! How un- 
happy we are! without adding a single word more ; : 
this is repeated in the same strain by the bystanders, id 
which added to the mournful tune of their Bassoons 
and Flutes, and the moanings of the women and 
children, creates as dismal and tragical a scene as can be 
well conceived. 
The Annibali, and some others, have such a fear of 
death, that as soon as they have buried anyone in 
his house they not only abandon their village, but also 
their grounds, and settle 10 or 12 miles further on, 
building on this new dwellings. On being asked the 
reason of this, they replied, that as soon as death comes 
amongst them they do not consider themselves safe in 
his presence; others do not quit their villages, but burn 
the house with the mats and the arms of the deeeased, 
in order in this manner to burn death with him. 
To choose a Captain for their Chief, who commands 
during war but cannot interfere in civil matters, they 
had formerly, like some far distant Indians at this 
moment, extraordinary ceremonies. They assembled 
the Indians of the sundry villages, where, as likewise at 
all their meetings, plenty of Pernau and other drinkables 
were poured out and handed round ina calabash by the 
handsomest young girls, holding three or four fingers in 
it and the thumb outside, without any one else being 
allowed to touch the calabash either by finger or hand; 
afterwards he who was to be eleéted Captain, for which 
office they almost always chose the hardiest and 
cleverest archer, was presented to the meeting, accom- 
panied by two or three other Captains, who constantly 
