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to it, as a memorial of their benevolence to 

 their fellow creatures. 



It is also frequently inculcated in the Bible 

 to be kind to Bondsmen,, and to be frequent in 

 ablutions to keep the body clean. Wherever 

 bondage or any other species of slavery is so 

 common as in India, it becomes good policy 

 to treat them with kindness and humanity; 

 which I believe is generally practised in India. 

 The Hindoos every morning before they offer 

 their prayers to the almighty, undergo abluti- 

 on, and seldom partake of any meal without 

 doing the same, (if they have the means) 

 which they repeat after having eaten. 



In hot climates frequent ablutions have 

 been found from experience to be beneficial 

 to health, as well as a comfort to the people, 

 and is therefore wisely enacted in the divine 

 code. 



The various superstitions of the Hindoos, 

 with many of their forms of religion such as 



