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ble the village, and the execution is put off no longer 

 than till the neceffary preparations are made. They 

 begin with {tripping the fufferer ftarkf naked ; they, 

 fix two pods in the ground, to which they make 

 faft two crofs pieces, one two foot from the ground, 

 and the other fix or feven feet higher, and this is 

 what they call a fquare. They caufe the perfon, 

 who is to fuffer to mount the firft crofs piece, to 

 which they tie his feet at fome dill an ce from each 

 other ; they afterwards bind his hands to the two 

 angles formed by the upper crofs- piece, and in this 

 pott ure they bum him in all the different parts of 

 his body. 



The whole village, men, women, and children' 

 crowd round him, every one being at liberty to in- 

 fuft and torment him at pkafure. If none of the 

 fpeclators happen to have any particular reafon to 

 prolong his torments, his fufferings are foon over, 

 and the common way is to difpatch him with ai> 

 rows, or elfe they cover him with bark to which 

 they fet fire. They then leave him to himfelf in 

 his fquare, and in the evening vifit ail the cabbins* 

 {Inking with rods againft the furniture, walls, and 

 roof, in order to frighten the foul from harbouring 

 there, to revenge the mifchiefs they have done 

 his body. The reft of the night paffes in re- 

 joicing. 



If the party hath met with no enemy, or if they 

 have been obliged to fly, they enter the village in 

 the day-time, obferving a profound fiience ; but if 

 they have been beaten, they make their entry in the 

 evening, after having given notice of their return 

 by a death cry, and named all thofe they have lofty 

 either by ficknefs or the fwordof the enemy. Some- 

 times the prifoners are judged and executed before 



they 



