cold-blofHl in revenge. Cnpt. Grey testifies that among the blacks 



persuii fruni being pounced upon either in obe<lience to some 

 augury or- for satisfaction of spite on the part of a sorcerer. The 

 murderer had always to bo sought for-, and somebody would have 

 to satisfy the demand. In many triltes tlie corpse is interrogateil 

 as tw whu was thr i;ause of his death and responses are obtained 

 gpiiei-ally by spells. Wliile in the act of lamentation for the dead, 

 the wonien would lacerate their bodies from he;id to foot till blood 

 would be streaming from innumerable small incisions. The blood 



was forbidden to the Israelites shews its great anticjuity.* Near 

 relatives of the deceased wore some tokt;n oi mourning upon the 

 head, the usual practice being to attach tufts of eniu's feathers to 

 locks of the hair, and leave them to drop oil' of themselves. In 

 some parts clay was plastei-ed over a net upon the head aiul allowed 

 to harden until the wliole assumed the form of a skull-cap-f After 



nalfo<.l. 



Art, Cohhobouees, Sorceries, Su 

 Tlie skill shown in the manufacture of weapc 

 noticed. These were often ornanuMited with 

 carving. Some of the car\in,iis mi.immi- n. m. 

 letters, and perhaps a careful ex..' n -i"" 

 specimens may result in an iiw.rj'i. : i.i-M <•( 

 characters. A throwing-stick ti-un.i u. .Mr. 

 spoken of by T " 



red to again below. ^ . - 



message-sticks are imitations of the ol<l :Malay practi 

 ng at least in Sumatra, of writing upon bamboo and ratt; 



* The Abongmts of Victona, "\ 



