ABSTRACT
It is a custom among these people, at certain intervals, to dig up the carcases or skeletons of their deceased friends and relatives, and convey them to a field, where they are solemnly consumed to ashes. 481 On this occasion, the orators, poets, or relations of the dead, speak or sing eulogiums on them, as they may merit, and relate the distinguishing actions, exploits, or misfortunes, of their lives; and the surrounding spectators applaud / and lament as they are interested and affected.
