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    a tttvrtty-ivMte . Much diversity of featttrfc Ifi fauad among * them , Atom the aqtielme aittf Roman to the flfet and Tartarian * , thmtgh ih& lattfc * predo * initiates . Their religions ce 5 reOTotiie& consist to prying to a speoiesf of I&itt j ( tk £ ' aafifte bird which * s held in ?

    reneratfoft by the Hindoos ;> they believe it to b £ the carrier of their prayers to the spiritual befogs whom they suppose to superintend the weather and the affirirs of men . They judge of the responses by the mode and direction of flight used by the bird when next seett ; and by such indications

    they are giwded , and utfdert&ke or defer journeys , expeditions , Set ., accord ittg ^ ly . At the death of a notable person they sacrhiee , by beheading , one or more of his ^ fcires ofr prisoner ; for

    the purpose of pro * idkig him with attendants in the oth ^ r world , believing that the good and great ( according ' to tbeii * ideAs of those qualities } are wafted on in the next world by the \ Vieked and the slaves . At the

    marriage of distifigtiifihed individtrals , a human head must be brought by the bridegroom to the bride at the door of her house '; ahe receives it into her lap , and carrying it irito the house , she has it put into a ek # e and affixed over the doon-wuy . A buffalo and pig are , however ; substituted in both these

    ntes in many instances . The heads for this purpose are mostly obtained in the fofloWi ^ fnontier : ^—A rtinAbef of the comrade * of the bridegrooixi , sufficient to constitute a strong boat's crew , associate wtth hfh > , tfttd go to the mouths of the rivers , &c ., inhabited by thcr Mtweakneh , dad there

    hiding themselves amonff the mangrove woods , they watch for travellers or fi 8 heruieti , wham , when they espy in parties not * strtmg enough to ttbUt them , « heV tfkrfc oilC Ott- aHd sT ^ ter * fir

    « ae pef > j ) fe , itt ^^ rttly decapitate them »^ ret reat with % M eitpeditftitt to ihtelt own cot ^ a ^ ^<^ kfi tl ^ it ^)^ < x ** tmitm «> % vnt&rfmm& % mr t * ± ^ si ^ nd tW tottQftmim ttF ' tti ^ e Wo * dy < mff l > ritW ^ nd « H * ^ hutmfo pKx ^ im wmfm ^^ h ^^^ t ^ ^ w * & * mka& t ^ k <^ 4 ti u ^ it *

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    Aborig *» 6 ^ appear tfeK be a iMH ^ ' $ & % & ** ltgent irirte ; tktid I * hef ^ e ftMie ^ eli ^ that such practices # bifltf v ^ aMIir Sdff before the rfcHgion of iirrff ^ satF br ^' t&erly love . They haVfe i ^ sts at ' flte and 1

    be ^ miring end of seetf-time a ^ f harvest , witen they intoiieate tjieni ^ Selves vrfth palto witte , havW iafeU ^ ^ tr ^ s of fftebriatfflr ^ srdbsftoe ^ ar infase < t it * it . Folyg&tfrr fe bardf seSfereif amon ^ them , skttd tyf cettrsri is raf&ar *

    rare and fs not reckoned lidttbwabfe , Th ^ f wometr enjoy eonsider ^ bfe ffikfr ty , * £ nd kte hot kept fitt sock ^ i * tetel ^ tf strttfe as ^ is usually fomid to- be Aelr lot among savages . Tlfey have aome cotifesed notions of a Supreme ^ Efeitigf ;"

    bttt they generally consider him ai beitt ^ too grt&t to tak e cogTi f « anc ^ of thtfii * ordinary actions . However , ^ hardly amr two of them a ^ re e ? in th ^ ir tetiets oh this point . Ott asking ihemj Hevr do you belfeve or fetrppo ^ e tfiis : \^ siWe worl d to have befert fiAt fortbetf

    or prddaced , and contintialfy held ujr as you see ? They answer , Hotv carf we tell ? We know nothing abotit it , but we would be glad to 'kiiotv . * Yhfey have no letters , and tradition is qafte ^

    faint , puerile and uncertain : afrtbngj them . The Malays and Javanese krel Mussuimen , btit mtle- HigoteA ^ ; h 6 Wever , arid fextreibely fe ^ iorafat , Gvbtt of ( fhe Kdraan , Littfe mfflfeultv wotiM to * V » . * V > * . Jfc . V * . Wl » AJAVU 1 V Vt * E « AV / V ^ JB V JT VV ^ - ^ ^ Jfc- * . * - * Ik-r *^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/15/