san after death are soniye by G ly to Boyma, 
pronounces ¢. the judgment on them befont on and 
te in Oorooma, 
Thunder and lightning are regarded as the expression of Boyma’s 
wrath at some wicked deed perpetrated or being perpetrated by a _ 
. Itis eae with great awe by them as by all savages, or 
indeed by all men who are wholly ignorant of the cause and effect. 
These natives do not think that some malignant being i is the cause, © 
nok most other savages do; they regard it (that is the vag as & 
ho ver 
rid in compassion, cad 
© abode of the ee in Bal 
: baad to believe The age of puberty is eo for 
son evidently from expediency, and from a care not to 
pttnecahignh tribes for perhaps one hundred mi 
ther cere secret place. The men select from 
deem fit to be 
fie babi uk 
y are handed over to Wawamolongs, to remain in Sterna! ¥ 
VS with those secrets which their carelessness or 
Pegi. 
ch young mien as a 
secon | from pated Tom oc is 
