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directed to any point of the compass ? Are there any 
ceremonies at the digging of the grave? 19. Is a grave 
or coffin ever re-opened for the interment of a near 
relation ? 20. Is an interment ever made in a canoe, and is 
the latter provided with all necessary apparatus? 21. Are 
heads of friends preserved by smoking orotherwise ? 22. How 
are these regarded, as a protection or as mere souvenirs ? will 
the owners readily part with them ? 23. In burials by 
inhumation, is any mound or prominent memorial raised 
above the grave ? 24. Are fetishes placed on the graves ? 
25. Are these for the good of the deceased or as a protection 
against him (to keep his spirit quiet) ? 26. Are there any 
superstitious ideas about graveyards ? will the natives visit 
them at all times ? 27. Are objects of value buried in the 
grave, and are they considered safe from theft ? 28. What is 
the difference between the burial of a chief and of a common 
man or woman? Does it differ only in degree of cost? 
29. Are individuals buried in their houses ? and are these 
houses then deserted ? 30. Are the persons who have handled 
a corpse regarded as unclean ? for how long ? and how do 
they purify themselves ? 30 a. In what posture is the body 
carried to the grave ? 
Cremation. —31. Is cremation practised as well as inhuma¬ 
tion, tree burial, &c., and why ? 32. How is the body burnt, on 
a specially prepared pyre or in the house of deceased ? 33. 
Are there any ceremonies observed, or special instruments 
used, at the lighting of the funeral fire ? 34. Are any living 
creatures, inanimate objects, incense, &c., burnt in it ? 35. 
Is a mound erected over the pyre, or are the bones collected 
and preserved or buried ? 36. If buried describe the 
method, i.e., form of grave, of the cinerary urn, accompanying 
objects, and attendant ceremonies. 37. If the calcined bones 
are kept above ground, who keeps them, and how are they 
regarded? is the fate of surviving relations bound up in 
their preservation? 38. Is desiccation of the dead body 
practised ? 39. Are mummies made ? Describe the process 
and the nature of preservatives used. 
C. H .R. 
