!lal>it iim>t ffcmujilc iliciii to it, for a Wfiinnn 

 carrying' such a imrdru, may l)c imscir' at 

 a long distance belbru. seen ; and a stranger, nn- 



acqixa&M mit tkk fiatx^^e ^tom» mil see a 

 woman with a lai'ge pack upm h.&tbmkt 



wliidi such an odoor proceeds, as to make hixa. 

 donht from wliat it. ean I>e produced. WIrti the 

 body becomes dry, or only the bones left, the le- 



Itmmk mt^ bdcmti >imedt or pl^eed tilto ahdilciw 

 Millt €iirISmf»^d tr^ : itt the' itistaoce co- 

 vering tlie opening carcfnlly with stones, &c» 



All the information that conld be procnred from 

 them respecting this disgnsting custom, was, 

 " that they •wm^ afraid, if they biiii^ &iaittt the 

 Su^m^ tnMdWil-djevil wo«M tak^ fliem away, '* 

 When the adults among- the al)origines die, 

 the body is consigned to the liollow trunk of a 

 tree, cave, or in the ground, according to circum- 

 stances, and wood, stones, &c. are piled on the 

 entrance, dJf 6?^ the gm'ro, ^ that> iMB^^€ittg 

 to the ideas of these poor, superstitious savages^ 

 tlie Buckcc may not l)e abb^ to find tliem. 



Even after the rehition of this diso-ustinsi- eiis- 

 tonij tliese people are more degi'aded by writers 

 than they really appear wliea 3«» in €hs intc- 

 i^or, uiiisojitimiiuat^ by Euvcqpseaa vicea^ in 

 full native intlopcndenco, hiint£»i*8, but noitilleri 



