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The manner of their sacrifices is everywhere and in every case the
same; the victim stands with its two fore-feet bound together by a
cord, and the person who is about to offer, taking his station behind
the victim, gives the rope a pull, and thereby throws the animal
down; as it falls he invokes the god to whom he is offering; after
which he puts a noose round the animal's neck, and, inserting a small
stick, twists it round, and so strangles him. No fire is lighted,
there is no consecration, and no pouring out of drink-offerings; but
directly that the beast is strangled the sacrificer flays him, and then
sets to work to boil the flesh.
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