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Rh before a mine was opened. Graves as a rule are placed close together on the slope of a hill, without any stone or mark to identify them; but occasionally a horse-shoe clearing is seen in the woods, where some distinguished person lies buried, whose name and birthplace are given on a rough slab of stone. The funerals that we met were of the simplest character, and at one village the remains of the body of an old woman, who had, been eaten by a tiger, were being burnt on a fire of brushwood, lighted on the spot.—Report by Mr. Carles on a Journey in two of the Central Provinces of Corea in October 1883.

Roumanian Customs, Charms, Remedies.—At a marriage or any other festival a Roumanian peasant will always pour out some wine, and spill it on the ground, before giving to his guests, or himself drinking. Is this an offering to the gods? When asked why they do this, the answer is, "So it must be."

If you say that a baby is pretty, you must spit on the ground immediately, or you will give it the evil eye.

To stop bleeding from the nose: Hold to the nose a living spider twisted up in a linen cloth.

For swelling of the stomach: Gather black snails in a forest, and place them on the stomach; this remedy must be renewed several times.

To bring back a husband's love for his wife: Take the heart of a partridge and a piece of the root of a wallflower; make into a small ball, and let it be eaten by the offender; he will never again either scold or beat his wife.

To make a child's second teeth come straight and well: Bury its first teeth, as they fall, at the foot of a straight oak-tree.

Witchcraft in Scotland.—In illustration of the gross ignorance and superstitious beliefs of the smuggling fraternity, it may be stated that, on account of his success in unearthing smugglers, the official who discovered the worm which had been so ingeniously secreted had made himself so obnoxious to that class that a few years ago an attempt was actually made to remove him by means of the occult and mysterious agency of witchcraft. The means adopted in order to compass the death of this obnoxious official was the well-known corp creadh, or clay image,