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CROSS RIVER , a river of West Africa, over 500 M. long . It rises in 6 N., 10 30' E. in the mountains of Cameroon, and flows at first N.W. In 8 48' E., 5 50' N. are a series of rapids; below this point the river is navigable for shallow-draught boats. At 8 20' E., 6 10' N., its most northern point, the river turns S.W. and then S., entering the Gulf of Guinea
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CROSS-ROADS, BURIAL AT, in former times the method of disposing of executed criminals and suicides. At the cross-roads a rude cross usually stood, and this gave rise to the belief that these spots were selected as the next best burying-places to consecrated ground. The real explanation is that the ancient Teutonic peoples often built their altars at the cross-roads, and as human sacrifices, especially of criminals, formed part
ritual , these spots came to be regarded as execution grounds. Hence after the introduction of Christianity, criminals and suicides were buried at the cross-roads during the night, in order to assimilate as far as possible their funeral to that of the pagans. An example of a cross-road execution-ground was the famous Tyburn in London, which stood on the spot where the Oxford
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