*So TORE EN'S VOYAGE. 



in the river. They were obliged to wafh thern- 

 felves before this ceremony, clean their mouths, 

 and with their faces towards .the fun fay a 

 prayer. Th'ey ufe rofaries for this purpofe, as 

 is ufual in all countries where it is laid down 

 for a principle of religion, that the repetition 

 of a certain number of prayers will atone for 

 any offence. The Gsntoos fay their prayers 

 on their fingers, beginning at the moil ex* 

 treme joint of the little finger, and counting on 

 downwards ; when they have gone over all the 

 fingers in this manner, they lay both their 

 hands flat together, bow before the fun, and 

 then get up and are painted by a Bramin. 



The Sramins themfelves have forae crofs 

 ftrokes- of aibes over the forehead, with which 

 they fometiraes paint their whole body. The 

 Banians have generally a red fpot juft above 

 the nofe, about the fize of a filver two pence, 

 from which two yellow ftrokes' run down, and 

 on each flap of the ear is a yellow fpot. 



When they carry their dead, they run in 

 full career, and cry Bey ram Rambolu, which, as 

 I have been told, fignifies, My brethren^ call 

 upon Rama, i he corpfes are burnt by the ri- 

 ver fide without the city, bin the widow is not 



ODliged 



