Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attention to the wishes and wants of his. master. The ashes are deposited to- gether with the head of the slave ina small funereal hut. Concerning the other religious no- tions of these people we have no infor- mation. Their deity is called Dewatta, aname which reminds us of Hindoo- stan. Some of the customs and opinions ascribed to the tribes on the coast are probably relics of a more ancient state, and may perhaps prevail also in the interior. The Idahoos fulfil their oaths and promises with great punctuality. They use arrows. poisoned, with the juice of a tree: this poison is called jupuh and is probably of the same species as that employed in Java and