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money and provisions will be despatched the fol- 

 lowing morDiiig, and a table of sweetmeats for 

 himself and a little grass for his horse are produced 

 itt order to strengthen them for their juurney* 

 At midnight fire is applied to the figure* the horse 

 ?>eiiig (1 ragged along tlie ground, directly that the 

 fire has seized it in order to give it assistance in 

 starting, and the rider is supposed to arrive in 

 hekven by sun rise the next morning. 



A cubical paper and bamboo box is also made, 

 having no front, and divided into compartments, 

 containing altogether twenty four images to repre- 

 sent patanquin bearers: rotuid the neck of each 

 twenty four dollars (of the paper currency) are 

 suspended. Two sedan chair.^, and an almirah, 

 containing the requisite changes of linen, are con- 

 structed of the same materials, and the whole are 

 placed inside the model of the house formerly de- 

 scribed. 



The contributions of red and silvered paper 

 are piled in six respective heaps in order to be burn- 

 ed the same night, and the longest batuboo that 

 can be procured is hoisted with a flag at the end 

 of it, under the idea that the higher the pole the 

 more readily will the attention of the deceased be 

 attracted, A masqued combat now takes place on 

 the top of a table, some of the guests repre- 

 senting monkie:*, who are supposed to keep 

 the keys of heaven, and others enacting the 

 part of pigs, who are believed to be empowered 

 to drag a soul to hell* The combatants wrestle 

 til! four o'clock the next morning, after which the 



• TJiU I* tt dinituliir iilea to be eutcrt-jUied bj a people *o pawctoaiely 

 fund ulpfnk^ tjul'.'sj! we are to siippo^e fhat ibey ft*ed on this tuiiinal on I 

 al a blotKliljlrsLy ilesire orrcfeufe, and with ariew to tlie altmate cx- 

 tct-oiitiattuu of the breed t ^ 



