. Across Australia . Mi;. ^0>. M\\ Willi (.\ I Mil,II. Mkl\., Ml >l-k\ I \i . i I,K |-.\!i )ML>.\\ AkK \M r M ; \ I KI Iliij wnuiiil i> made tti gape as \\i(]cl\ a- ])1l \>v Iil-Ipl; litj;luly lied ill fitlK r •!^- 3-7- 1^* \^ll^\^ ^ mil .Mikmm. AkiKk \ m \\ s hkvth. Thc\ lia\L daiilifd ihcnisches nvcr wuh pipL--cla\ and laiiU a snud! Ican-trj of XIX DEATH, MOURNING AND BURIAL 429 The tribal fathers had cut their whiskers off, and othershad cut their hair off closely and smeared their scalps withpipe-clay. The leg of the man who had mo
. Across Australia . Mi;. ^0>. M\\ Willi (.\ I Mil,II. Mkl\., Ml >l-k\ I \i . i I,K |-.\!i )ML>.\\ AkK \M r M ; \ I KI Iliij wnuiiil i> made tti gape as \\i(]cl\ a- ])1l \>v Iil-Ipl; litj;luly lied ill fitlK r •!^- 3-7- 1^* \^ll^\^ ^ mil .Mikmm. AkiKk \ m \\ s hkvth. Thc\ lia\L daiilifd ihcnisches nvcr wuh pipL--cla\ and laiiU a snud! Ican-trj of XIX DEATH, MOURNING AND BURIAL 429 The tribal fathers had cut their whiskers off, and othershad cut their hair off closely and smeared their scalps withpipe-clay. The leg of the man who had most deeplygashed himself was held by his father, who, in turn, wasembraced from behind by an aged man—the father-in-lawof the patient—as if to support him in his grief. Sundryother men came up, one after the other, and there was asuccession of embracings, accompanied by alternate howlingand moaning. Most of this was merely a matter ofetiquette, and had no reference to any genuine feeling ofregret. If a man, who stands in a particular relationshipto you, happens to die, you must do the proper thing,which may be either gashing your thigh or cutting yourhair, quite regardless of whether you were personallyacquainted with the dead man or whether he
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