... lodge of the friends of the dead person, except to be buried in the grave of one of them. Much of the property of the deceased person is buried with the body, a portion being placed under the body ... further contribution to the study of the by H. C. Yarrow 34They pay respect, however, to the memory of the dead, for they embalm the bodies of the men with driedmoss and grass; bury them in their ... The body is covered with the fine skin of the sea-otter, always a mark of distinction in the interments of the Aleuts,and round the whole package are stretched the meshes of a fish-net, made of the...