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MISSIONAET LIFE 
Island, and at other places. They believe that the 
spirits of the deceased come ont of their graves 
and eat the food put there. The country abounds 
with birds and fowls, and many hungry children 
are always on the alert for something to eat, and 
hence the food disappears in a short time; and 
those stupid creatures take this as evidence that 
their departed friends eat it. They think they 
are conferring, a great favor upon them in furnish- 
ing them food. 
