Highland Deaths

Pennant, in bis "Tour of Scotland," telis thut, ou the death oí a highlunder, the corpse being stretched ou u board and covered with a ooarse linen wrapper, the friencls placnd a wooden platter ou the breast of the deceased, oontaining a sniall quantity of salt and earth, separate and unmixed - the earth an emblem of the corruptible body, the salt an emblem of tbc immortal spirit.