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deliberately sits down, roasts and eats the fowl, throws the 

 refuse into the jungle and returns home.&quot; The Battas of 

 Sumatra sacrifice to their gods, horses, buffaloes, goats, 

 dogs, fowls, u or whatever animal the wizard happens on 

 that day to be most inclined to eat.&quot; And by the Bustar 

 tribes in India, Kodo Pen &quot; is worshipped at a small heap of 

 stones by every new-comer, through the oldest resident, 

 with fowls, eggs, grains, and a few copper coins, which 

 become the property of the officiating priest.&quot; Africa has 

 more developed societies which show us a kindred arrange 

 ment. In Dahomey, &quot; those who have the cure of souls 

 receive no regular pay, but live well upon the benevolences 

 of votaries: &quot; in their temples, &quot; small offerings are daily 

 given by devotees, and removed by the priests.&quot; Similarly 

 in Ashantee, &quot; the revenue of the fetishmen is derived from 

 the liberality of the people. A moiety of the offerings 

 which are presented to the fetish belongs to the priests.&quot; 

 It is the same in Polynesia. Describing the Tahitian doc 

 tor as almost invariably a priest, Ellis states that he received 

 a fee, part of which was supposed to belong to the gods, be 

 fore commencing operations. So, too, was it in the an 

 cient states of Central America. A cross-examination 

 narrated by Oviedo, contains the passage: 



&quot; FT. Do you offer anything else in your temples ? 



u Ind. Every one brings from his house what he wishes to offer 

 as fowls, fish, or maize, or other things and the boys take it and put 

 it inside the temple. 



it p r who eats the things thus offered ? 



Ind. The father of the temple eats them, and what remains is 

 eaten by the boys.&quot; 



And then in Peru, where worship of the dead was a main 

 occupation of the living, the accumulated gifts to ghosts and 

 gods had resulted in sacred estates, numerous and rich, out 

 of which the priests of all kinds were maintained. A 



parallel genesis is shown us by ancient historic peopl 



es. 



Among the Greeks &quot; the remains of the sacrifice are the 



