. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . During Good Friday andthe following Saturday the clergv, and allwho have any pretensions to religion, forty-eiglit hours; and, altogether, in-cluding the Wednesdays and Fridays, twohundred and sixty days of fasting occur inthe year. During the long fasts, such asthat of Lent, which lasts tor fifty-five days,the people are allowed to eat on the morn-ings of Saturday and Sunday, but, even i
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . During Good Friday andthe following Saturday the clergv, and allwho have any pretensions to religion, forty-eiglit hours; and, altogether, in-cluding the Wednesdays and Fridays, twohundred and sixty days of fasting occur inthe year. During the long fasts, such asthat of Lent, which lasts tor fifty-five days,the people are allowed to eat on the morn-ings of Saturday and Sunday, but, even inthat case, meat in any form is strictly for-bidden. As soon as the lengthening shadow pro-claims the end of the fast, the feasting setsin, and during the season of E]iiphany thewhole night is passed in a succession of eat-ing, drinking, singing, dancing, and pray-ing, each being considered equally a reli-gious duty. Then there is a sort of game,much resembling our hockey, at \vhichall the people jilay, those from one districtcontending against those of another, muchas the Asiiburne North and South footballmatch used to be conducted on ShroveTuesday. St. Johns Day is a great feast among the. (1.) THE ISATTLE FIELD. (S^O page r.(i:i.) iplplilil^
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