were entered into the _Elysian_ Fields, so they were
persuaded, that they would procure the same bliss for all
those of their family.

They also took a great delight to see Skeletons and Bones
scatered up and down in the fields, whereas we can scarcely
endure to see those of Horses and Dogs used so. And these
remains of Humane Bodies, (the sight whereof gives us so
much horror, that we presently bury them out of our sight,
whenever we find them elsewhere than in Charnel-houses or
Church-yards) were the occasion of their greatest joy;
beecause they concluded from thence the happiness of those
that had been devoured, wishing after their Death to meet
with the like good luck.

The same author states, and Bruhier corroborates the assertion, that the
Parthians, Medes, Iberians, Caspians, and a few others, had such a
horror and aversion of the corruption and decomposition of the dead, and
of their being eaten by worms, that they threw out the bodies into the
open fields to be devoured by wild beasts, a part of their belief being
that persons so devoured would not be entirely extinct, but enjoy at
least a partial sort of life in their living sepulchers. It is quite
probable that for these and other reasons the Bactrians and Hircanians
trained dogs for this special purpose, called _Canes sepulchrales,_
which received the greatest care and attention, for it was deemed proper
that the souls of the deceased should have strong and lusty frames to
dwell in.

The Buddhists of Bhotan are said to expose the bodies of their dead on
top of high rocks.