278 Mr. Kwox on the Ceremonial of the 
also which a pupil offers, that may be used, whether it be butter, or cream, 
or sesamé oil, or honey, or molasses: all these may be used.”—Answer. 
** Good, my lord.” 
« After a man has become a priest, he may not marry; but must lead a 
life of strict celibacy ; if he do not conform to this, he is no longer a priest, 
nor of the children of the deity. As soon may the severed head be rejoined 
to the trunk, and the corpse revive, as such a one continue a priest; and 
even until the end of life must he so remain: thus hath the divinity ap- 
pointed.”—Answer. “ Good, my lord.” 
« After becoming a priest, he must not take, without the owner’s leave, 
even a morsel of grass, or the paring of a bamboo, for if he do so he is 
not of the children of the divinity. He must not take the value of a matt 
(a quarter /yat or tical), or over this, or under it ; as soon may the withered 
leaf’ be rejoined to the tree and thrive again, as such a person remain in the 
priesthood. 
« The idea of taking away the life of a man must not enter into the 
mind of apriest; neither must he take away that of brute animals, nor even 
of a worm: he who does so is not the child of the deity. As soon might 
a broken stone be joined together and become whole again, as such a person 
continue a priest ; and even till the end of his life this must be his rule: 
the deity hath so directed.”—Answer. ‘Good, my lord.” 
« After becoming a priest, the thing that is untrue must not be spoken, 
nor any of the ‘ten precepts’ (*) infringed. It must not be said, ‘I can 
fly in the air,’ or ‘ penetrate the earth,’ or ‘ go under the water,’ or ‘I 
shall certainly attain happiness in the next life,’ ‘ the evils of this life cannot 
hurt me,’ or ‘J .can render myself invisible.’ Like as a palmyra-tree of 
which the top has been cut off ceases to throw forth leaves, so he that says 
things of this sort cannot continue a priest. Thus hath the deity ordered.” 
Answer. “ Good, my lord.” 
« There are four similitudes, and you must keep them in remembrance.” 
—Answer. “Good, my lord; so long as I wear the garment of a priest 
I will abide by these precepts, in hope that, by keeping them, I shall in 
death exchange this life for a better, and knowing also that if I do not I 
shall be turned into hell.” 
These are the rules respecting the /ratline thanegan. From the eighth day 
of the increase of the moon Tazownmown (about November), until the 
fifteenth day of the same, is the proper time for those who wish to buy and 
