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BELIEFS AND BURIAL PRACTICES
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keeps them under cover with great care. In the tribes referred to by Mr. Dawson, the custom of eating the bodies
FIG. 25.—SPEAR-THROWERS.
of relatives of either sex is practised. This is, however, only done in cases where the person has been killed by violence. The body is divided between the adult relatives, and the