CHAP. I.] 
HIS BURIAL. 
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rest upon the body. The hole .being dug similar in 
shape to a European grave, an extra trench is formed 
at the bottom of the grave about a foot wide. The 
body is laid upon its side within this trench, and covered 
by bricks made of clay which are laid across;—thus 
the body is contained within a narrow vault. Mud is 
then smeared over the hastily made bricks, and nothing 
is visible; the tomb being made level with the bottom 
of the large grave. This is filled up with earth, which, 
resting on the brick covering of the trench, cannot 
press upon the body. In such a grave my best man 
was laid—the Slave women raising their horrible howl¬ 
ing and my men crying loudly, as well explained in the 
words of Scripture, “and he lifted up his voice and 
wept/' I was glad to see so much external feeling for 
their comrade, but the grave being filled, their grief, 
like all loud sorrow, passed quickly away and re¬ 
lapsed into thoughts of buffalo meat; they were soon 
busily engaged in cutting up the flesh. There are 
two varieties of buffaloes in this part of Africa—the 
Bos Caffer, with convex horns, and that with flat horns; 
this was the latter species. A horn had entered the 
man's thigh, tearing the whole of the muscles from the 
bone; there was also a wound from the centre of the 
throat to the ear, thus completely torn open, severing 
the jugular vein. One rib was broken, the breast- 
