. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . able to obtain areason, they leave some women with the dead person whorecommence their cries as above, & make a quantity ofpostures and grimaces to the dead to oblige them tospeak : they caress them & bewail, then sing their prowess,and at length laugh immoderately; and their laughterbeing finishd they recommence weeping more than things last some days, during which they kill manyhorned cattle with which they make good cheer at theexpense of the dead.
. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . able to obtain areason, they leave some women with the dead person whorecommence their cries as above, & make a quantity ofpostures and grimaces to the dead to oblige them tospeak : they caress them & bewail, then sing their prowess,and at length laugh immoderately; and their laughterbeing finishd they recommence weeping more than things last some days, during which they kill manyhorned cattle with which they make good cheer at theexpense of the dead. There are players of instruments &beaters of tambours, with which they make a good are often met also Jugglers, Comedians, Singingmen & Singing women, who, making many postures &grimaces, sing the praises of the Defunct persons. All these things being done, they deck the dead personswith whatever they have most rich, and carry them intotheir tombs, which they call Emounouques. These areCottages built of solid timber for the sepulture of thedead. The Chiefs have their Emounouques apart where are. 16 71 ] of the Island Dauphine, &c. 5 7 their Ancestors: it is for them, their family, & their Suc-cessors. Those of the least quality have them separately& the Slaves apart. The most part of these Blacks name these Emounouques,Trangues de Beliche, that is to say, Houses of the Devil. These Emounouques are well garnishd with the richesof these Blacks, either with mannelers of gold or silver,coral, cornelians, lambas, & other things. There are notany Blacks who dare to plunder anything there, because ifthey are found out they would be punishd with death ;besides in addition that they fear the dead & believe thatthe devil is in these Emounouques, who would make themdie if they enterd to steal these. In war all things areplunderd, but never are these Emounouques pillagd,because of the apprehension which the Blacks have, & noneis sufficiently daring to enter therein, unless to a
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