suspended from the waist, one before 
and the other behind. The women’s 
dress consists of two mats, about the 
size of a small pocket-handkerchief, 
which they tie round them like an apron, 
I never saw any form of marriage a- 
mong them, but when a couple are de¬ 
sirous of being united, their parents have 
a talk together on the subject, and if the 
parties all agree to the union, the cou¬ 
ple commence living together as man 
and wife ; and I never knew of an in¬ 
stance of separation between them af¬ 
ter they had any family. In a few in¬ 
stances polygamy prevailed. 
The following will give a pretty cor¬ 
rect idea of their funeral rites and so¬ 
lemnities : 
When a person dies, the inhabitants 
of the village assemble together, and 
commence drumming and singing, hal¬ 
loing and yelling ; and continue their 
boisterous lamentations for about 48 
hours, day and night, relieving each 
other as they require. This they do, 
because they imagine it is diverting to 
