The funeral ceremonies of the tribes inhabiting New England were similar to the authentic part of those practised by the Delawares. Graves were dug and the body deposited therein, together with such utensils of cookery, and weapons of war, as it was deemed would be wanted by the spirits of the deceased in the world they were about to visit. They had one custom, however, which I did not observe among the southern tribes--that of placing weights on the grave to prevent the body from getting out again, and haunting its friends. It will be seen from these various customs, that one belief is common to all the tribes scattered over the western continent--that of the existence in man of the spiritual essence which we call _soul_; of its flight after death to another and better world, variously located however; and of its being there actuated by the same wants and wishes, engaged in the same occupation and pursuits, and requiring the same means for the attainment of the same ends, as in this. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. LONDON: F. SHOBERL, JUN., LAZENBY COURT, LONG ACRE.