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neck. Whoever drowns himself, shall never ap- 

 pear in the presence of God ; his soul shall remain 

 mid-way between heaven and earth; and God has 

 ordained, that whoever drowns himself, shall be 

 doomed to work eternally, day and^ night, without 

 intermission, to make the crooked banks of a river 

 straight, where the stream ever undermines, as fast as 

 the lahourers incessantly work. Whoever, undi- 

 rected by the Deity, has the misfortune of being 

 killed by a fall from a tree, his soul is received into 

 the kingdom of heaven, but not admitted into the 

 presence of the Almighty ; it is, however, served 

 with such things as are provided for the righteous. 

 Whoever receives favours, and is guilty of the in- 

 gratitude of abusing his benefactor, will not be well 

 treated in other places; God will expose him to 

 misery for his ingratitude. Whoever falls in bat- 

 tle, is well received by God, and fares sumptuous- 

 ly ; for the Deity is pleased with his fate. Who- 

 ever is lost travelling by water, is well received in 

 Heaven : the Deity will take him unto himself. 



The Detnauno\ or Dew assy, seems to be more of an 

 oracle than a priest. Those who wish to initiate 

 themselves, represent that, by dreaming, they can 

 foretell what will happen; that the Bedo Gossaih 

 appears to them nightly, and braids their hair, from 

 which it grows remarkably long ; they must never 

 cut it ; as it is believed, if such an act did not prove 

 fatal to them, that, at least, their dreams would 

 no longer be prophetic. This oracle foretells to 



one person, that he shall have a plentiful harvest ; 



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