Show superstition about bout drowned godles superstition everywhere has many curt ous males modes of recovering the body of a drowned person the universality of this form of 0 superstition is shown by the act that in ono one form or another it is shared in fit this country by white man luau and indian alike sir james jame alexander in liis his account t of 0 canada tells the indians imagined imag gin ed that in lit the case ofa ot a drowned body its place may bo be discovered by floating a it chip of cedarwood cedar wood which will stop and find turn round lover over the exact spot an install instance e occurred within my iny own knowledge in the tile C case of 0 f mr lavery of kingston mill phoso whoso boat overset and blin himself self drowned near cedar island nor could the body bu be discovered until this experiment was re sorted to notes and queries |