N o . 5 .— A f te r w a lk in g a Ihort d iftan ce , th e b o y s w e r e le t d ow n
from th e fhould ers o f the m e n , and placed in a clutter, Handing w i th
th e ir heads inc lined on them breafts, and th e ir hands clafp ed to ge th e r .
S om e o f the p a r ty difoppeared fo r 'a b o v e ten minutes to ar range the
fig u re o f th e n e x t fe e n e . I w a s n o t admitted to w itn e fs this bu fin e fs ,
ab ou t w h ic h th e y appeared to o bfe rv e a grea te r d egree o f m y f te r y and
p r e p a ra t io n ,th an T h a d n o ticed in eithe r o f th e p re ced in g ce remonies.
W e w e re at len g th defired to com e fo rw a rd , w h e n w e fo u n d th e figures
as placed in the plate N o . 5.
•The- g ro u p on th e le ft are th e b o y s and th o fe w h o attended th em ;
fro n tin g th em w e r e Teen tw o m en , one feated on th e flum p o f a tree
b e a r in g an o th e r man o n his fh ould e rs , b o th w ith th e ir arms e x te n d e d :
b eh in d th e fe w e r e feen a n um b e r o f bodies ly in g w i th th e ir , faces
tow a rd th e g ro u n d , as clofe to each o th e r as th e y co u ld lie , and at th e
fo o t o f an o th e r flum p o f a tre e , on w h ic h w e r e p laced tw o o th e r
figures in th e fame p ofition as th e p re ced in g.
A s th e b o y s and th e ir attendants approached th e fir ft o f th e fe
figure s , th e m en w h o fo rm ed it b egan to m o v e th em fe lv e s from fid e
to fid e, lo llin g ou t th e ir to n gu e s , and fla r in g as w id e and h o r r ib ly w i th
th e ir e y e s as th e y cou ld o p en th em . A f te r this m um m e r y h ad c o n tinu
ed fem e min ute s , th e men feparated fo r th em to 'p a fs , and th e
b o y s w e r e n o w led o v e r th e bodies ly in g on th e g rou n d . T h e fe im m
ed ia te ly b eg an to m o v e , w r ith in g as i f in a g o n y , and u tte r in g a
m ou rn fu l d ifm al fo u n d , lik e v e r y d iftan t th u n d e r . H a v in g patted
o v e r thefe bodies, th e b o y s w e r e placed be fo re th e fe con d figure s , w h o
w en t th ro u g h th e fame feries o f grim a ce s as tho fe w h o w e r e feated on
the fo rm e r flum p ; after w h ic h th e w h o le m o v ed fo rw a rd .
A particular name, b o o -r o o -m o o - ro o n g , w a s g iv e n to this fc e n e ; bu t
o f its im p o r t I could learn v e r y little . I made m u ch in q u ir y ; bu t
cou ld n e ve r obtain a n y other an fw e r , than that it w a s v e r y g o o d ; that
th e b o y s w o u ld n ow be com e b ra ve m e n ; that th e y w o u ld fee w e l l, and
fig h t w e ll, ' 4