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round, all set tu work tu HUti^fy iheir 

 appetite remaiked iluit the bride 

 and bridegrootu ate IVotn one disb. 



At the death of ik sava^^e.— Thebody 

 iH eiiTeloped iti awhile sheet, and ba- 

 thed for tbefirHt time; it renininainthis 

 conditiun till the fiieiids of tht? deceas' 

 ed have tiuie lo arriv^ej when it bath- 

 ed aj^uiq, atid then carried by 2 frienda 

 to the ^rave. The oilier fiieud^ and 

 relaltons either follow or go in ad- 

 vatice of the cortege. Arrived at the 

 place of burial, ttie deiieased in depo- 

 sited in a tomb dug in a lonely place, 

 sometlmea in a reclining puaitioDp 

 ■ome times standing, and ijometimea 

 Bittinf. — If it iH a child, in the two 

 hsi pofilticns and with the face to the 

 £ast^ and if ait adult person, ihe face 

 to the west* At the side of the de- 

 ceased 13 placed a spear and a para rig, 

 and generally Aome riee^ some dishes^ 

 and some old clothes ; near to the 

 tomb are often plautcd flowers and 

 fruit treci, and ihh they say U the 

 atieienl custom of their fore-fathers. 

 At the foot of the tomb a fire is burnt 

 for three days, after which nu more 

 visits are paid to it. The Mantras do 

 not] wear any sign of mDurniDg, and 

 deathi are rarely wept over. The 

 houge of ttie deceased h abandoned 

 by his suvviPorj^, and generally the 

 entire village emmi^rateti^ The d»| 



