﻿HUMAN 
  SACRIFICES. 
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  of 
  Man, 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  religious 
  customs 
  

   of 
  which 
  those 
  who 
  practised 
  them 
  did 
  not 
  

   know 
  the 
  origin 
  or 
  the 
  meaning, 
  and 
  which 
  

   clearly 
  indicated 
  their 
  derivation 
  from 
  an 
  

   older, 
  a 
  more 
  intelligible, 
  but 
  a 
  forgotten 
  

   faith. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  also 
  eminently 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  religious 
  

   rites 
  and 
  practices 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Hill 
  tribes 
  

   of 
  India. 
  A 
  most 
  curious 
  and 
  interesting 
  

   account 
  of 
  human 
  sacrifices 
  by 
  the 
  Khonds, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  Hill 
  Tribes 
  of 
  Orissa, 
  has 
  been 
  

   published 
  by 
  my 
  friend, 
  Major-General 
  John 
  

   Campbell, 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  mainly 
  instrumental, 
  

   under 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  India, 
  in 
  the 
  abolition 
  

   of 
  this 
  horrid 
  rite. 
  The 
  absolute 
  rule 
  that 
  

   the 
  victims 
  must 
  be 
  procured 
  by 
  purchase, 
  

   stands 
  in 
  unmistakeable 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  only 
  

  

  