Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sparing in their meals. They enjoined the English on no account to mention the name of the deceased, a custom to which they rigidly attend themselves when any one dies; and agreeably to this custom Nanbarry, one of whose names was Balooderry, actually relin- qnished that and adopted another name. The other funeral described by Mr. Collins is that of Barangaroo Daringha, the wife of Bennillong, who, having re- solved to burn her corpse, requested Governor Philip and some English gen- tlemen to attend him on that solemn oceasion. He was also accompanied by a few natives, including his sister and one or two other females. A spot having been chosen for the