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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    flutes and other instruments, that the whole ceremony was more like a joyous village festival than a funeral procession. When the body had passed the fune- ral piles arranged in its route, it was placed upon its own, which was forth- with lighted, while the chair, couch and other furniture used by the deceased when alive were also burned. The as- sistants then regaled themselves with a feest, while the musicians kept up | without cessation a tumultuous melody that was not unpleasing. This was con- tinued until evening, when the bodies being consumed, the relatives and chiefs return home, leaving a guard for the protection of the bones. On this