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 was found guilty of the murder, and thrown into the ſea."—Porphyr. de Abſtin. Lib. II. parag. 29 and 30.—Something ſimilar to the above is related of a northern Hoord of Tartars.

"The bear has alſo ſome part in their divine worihip. As ſoon as they have killed the creature, they pull off its ſkin, and hang it in preſence of their Idol on a very high tree, and afterwards revere it, and amuſe themſelves with doleful lamentations, as if they repented of the impious deed. They ridiculouſly plead that it was the arrow, not they, that gave the lethal wound, and that the feather added wings to its unhappy flight," &c.— Aſtley's Voyage, vol. iii. p. 355. The