Changing default search engine in Safari

Google is the default search engine in Safari on Mac OS X 10.5.2. How can I change it to another search engine?

I tried installing Acid Search v.62xx. It didn't work so I went back to the web site and it appears that Tiger was the last version it worked on.
I then did a search for AcidSearch and Leopard and there was a Beta of v.7xx.
http://www.pozytron.com/files/AcidSearch070b3.zip
I installed it. The installer said it was successful but it doesn't seem to work. Hopefully it will be out of Beta soon.
I did install Inquisitor and it seems to be working just fine

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