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AND CONCLUDING SCENE. 171
spectacle. The universal moan,_—the addresses to the
departed spirit, — the sudden ebullitions of grief, —
and the pile occasionally throwing up a flame that
illumined the whole group, shewing the strong athletic
forms of the men, the slender figures and loose flowing
tresses of the women, as each joined tear to tear, and
seemed to seek relief in unity of sorrow.
The charcoal and ashes were then minutely examined,
and after selecting from the heap the iron or such pieces
of metal as had passed through the fire, the remainder
was swept into the hole before mentioned. The loose
stones, which had previously been removed, were now
replaced, and the whole throng passing over them in
succession, bowed their heads to the ground, exclaiming,
" Health be to us," and took each his way to his own
home, leaving us to wonder, and exclaim,—
"who can they be?"
spectacle. The universal moan,_—the addresses to the
departed spirit, — the sudden ebullitions of grief, —
and the pile occasionally throwing up a flame that
illumined the whole group, shewing the strong athletic
forms of the men, the slender figures and loose flowing
tresses of the women, as each joined tear to tear, and
seemed to seek relief in unity of sorrow.
The charcoal and ashes were then minutely examined,
and after selecting from the heap the iron or such pieces
of metal as had passed through the fire, the remainder
was swept into the hole before mentioned. The loose
stones, which had previously been removed, were now
replaced, and the whole throng passing over them in
succession, bowed their heads to the ground, exclaiming,
" Health be to us," and took each his way to his own
home, leaving us to wonder, and exclaim,—
"who can they be?"