Show FUNERAL NOTES ank roman catacombs cata combs were originally quarries it is believed that some of them long antedate the foundation of the city in course of time they be came so extensive that the whole capital was undermined MAKY nations have followed the practice of placing a coin in the mouth of the deceased to pay his way across the river that encircles iiames generally a coin of small value was deemed sufficient for this purpose A tribe keeps a regular watch over the cemeteries and the duty of the guard is to pray aloud whenever he sees a meteor the belief is that the shooting stars are evil spirits in search of the souls of the dead aneke are over sixty catacombs cata combs known to exist in rome or its immediate vicinity the entire length of the passages that have been measured is five hundred and eighty miles and it is estimated that from six million to fifteen million dead are there interred |