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a general fhout, and place the bridegroom on the bride's right hand, and 

 then fing and dance for a time, till the prieft proclaiming filence, all is 

 <quiet ; and he goes before the bride and bridegroom, who are feated, and 

 afk fome queftions, to which the whole party anfwer Nummah or good* i 

 :this continues a few minutes, after which, the cock and hen being 

 brought, the prieft takes hold of them by the wings, and holds them up 

 to the company, afking- them fome queftions, to which they again reply 

 Nummah ; fome grain is then brought, and thrown before the cock and 

 (hen, who being employed ia picking it, the prieft takes this opportunity, 

 to ftrike them on the head with a ftick, to appearance dead, and the whole 

 ^company, after obferving them a few feconds, call out, as before ; a knife be- 

 ing then brought, the prieft cuts the anus of the cock, and draws out the guts, 

 .and the company repeat Nummah, after which he performs the fame opera- 

 tion on the hen, and the company give a ihout and again call out Nummah. 

 They look on this part of the ceremony as very ominous ; for, mould any blood 

 ■be fpilt by the firft blow, or the guts break, or any blood come out with the 

 •guts, it would be considered as an unlucky marriage. The ceremony be- 

 ing over, the bride and bridegroom drinking prefent the bowl to the com- 

 pany, and then they all feaft and make merry. 



I Die over ed thefe circumftances of the marriage ceremony of the Gar- 

 rows, from oeing prefent at the marriage of Lung re e, youngeft: daughter 

 '.of the chief Oodassy, feven years of age, and Buglun, twenty-three 

 years old, the fon of a common G arrow ; and I may here obferve, that this 

 marriage, difproportionate as to age and rank, is a very happy one for Bug- 

 i«<un, as he will fucceed to the Booneahjhip and eftate; for among all the 



• I fufpeft the word to be Namah, or Jalutaiion and reverence. J. 



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