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make obeisance to the others, and the chief teacher then, and the three 
readers, say, ‘“ According to established usage, he must now be inter- 
rogated.” 
Questions now from the three readers “®) to the candidate :— 
Q. Have you sought for and obtained the attendance of priests of ad- 
vanced age, and who fulfil the ordinances of the law, for the purpose of 
ordaining you?—A. I have. 
Q. Have you procured a thabike, thanegan, and the rest of the articles 
necessary ?—A, They are all in readiness. 
Q. Are there twenty priests present ?—A. There are. 
(By the readers.) Such being the case, you must now put on the two 
portions of the priest’s garment (the one that goes round the waist and the 
upper robe); and the remaining ¢hanegan (the one for a change of dress), 
_ must be folded and kept on the left shoulder. Afterwards the ¢habike is 
to be suspended from the shoulder of the right side, under the arm of the 
left ; and the rest of the “ eight articles”? must be put within the éhabike. 
The candidate then, with lifted hands and joined (in attitude of supplica- 
tion), must retreating go and stand at the distance of twelve cubits, and 
there, with his feet joined close together, he must attentively remain, and — 
should not turn to either side. 
After this is done, the chief teacher says to the three readers: “ Two of 
you three rise and go over to the candidate, and interrogate him.” This 
being said, two of the readers get up, and go to the place where the can- 
didate is, and standing, one on each side of him, they (reading) say: 
«* You must now answer truly.”—A. I will do so. 
(By them.) Every thing respecting your body, without disguise, you 
must declare; and according to the question answer, and from all other 
matters you must keep your mind clear.—A. Good, my Lord. 
(By them.) Like as a cloth with which the feet are wiped at the door of 
a house, like as it is of little estimation, and like as it is applied to whatever 
use any one may choose, so must your mind be humble, and so must you 
receive the commands of your chief teacher.—-A. Good, my Lord. 
Q. Therefore, in your body,“%) is there any leprous disease >— A. There 
is not. 
Q. Is there any of that disease which appears by sores in the neck ?— 
A. There is not. 
Q. Are you a person of a sickly habit?—A. I am not. 
