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Koosonla cheettang. 
Oopanna hotee. 
Loma natsa. 
Hak,ha tanyana samp,ha yoottang. 
Iloopa rammanangwa. 
Satt,ba do. 
K,hant,ha do. 
Ratsa do. 
Pho P,hancha do. 
D,hamma do. 
Yang yang wapana, 
Rapp,ha tatsa samaye. 
T,hatso hotee. 
AweckJie po hotee. 
Yowa pana tatsa samaye. 
Anyepa att,hee. 
Pateecha moppana. 
9 , 
Aroopee no D,hanmia. 
Eeme D,liamma, 
Kootsala. 
When a man dies his body is washed and rubbed over with turme¬ 
ric and quick lime, then wrapped in white cloth and stretched out. 
The amis are fixed in the posture of adoration, and a piece of gold 
or silver together with some of the common masticatory mixture are 
placed in the mouth, mercury and honey are also poured down the 
throat of the corpse, and, if the deceased died in affluent circum¬ 
stances, it is placed upright, and a hollow tube is passed from the 
mouth to the roof of the house to carry off the effluvia, while bam¬ 
boos are fixed in holes which have been made in the feet to draw off 
the moisture to a receptacle below. 
But should tho deceased have been a poor man, his friends cannot 
afford the expense attending this ceremony. They therefore bun/ the 
body within two or three days after death, w hile the rich keep the re¬ 
mains of their relations for a week or even a month previous to in¬ 
terment or burning. 
