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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    construction of the funeral pile and the ground excavated to the depth of three or four inches, the part turned up was covered with a layer of small sticks and light brush-wood; larger pieces were then placed on each side and so on till the pile rose to the height of three feet, the ends and sides being formed of large dry wood, while the middle consisted of small twigs and branches thrown together. Some dry grass was then strewed over the pile, and the deceased, covered with an old blanket, was placed on it with the head towards the north. A basket, with fishing-apparatus and some other small articles, was also placed near the body, and some large logs of wood being laid