yS ON THE INHABITANTS OF THE 



ceased wife with one rupee and a turban, after which 

 he may espouse as many wives as he pleases, or has 

 fortune to maintain. 



The body of a person who dies of a dropsy 

 (Narat) is carried and thrown into a river ; if buried, 

 it is apprehended the same disorder would return, and 

 infect and carry off the other inhabitants. The fune- 

 ral party having cast the body into the water, 

 proceed to another part of the river to bathe, and 

 there, having brought a fowl and some takdl, or rice, 

 some of each is thrown into the water, in the name of 

 God and of the deceased, by all who are present, 

 before they eat. This is the only Boge which is ob- 

 served for persons dying of a dropsy, though, at the 

 thanksgiving, for reaping the Takalloo or Kosar, some 

 of each is thrown away in their names. 



When a person has been killed by a tiger, the 

 body or any part of it that is found, is covered 

 with the branches of trees. On the fifth day the re- 

 lations of the deceased, with a large party, proceed to 

 the place where the remains of their kinsman lay, 

 taking with them a new earthen vessel, a goat, 

 and ten or fifteen seers of Takdl, or rice. Being ar- 

 rived at the spot, one of the nearest relations prays 

 for the deceased, in which he is accompanied by the 

 Demauno ; at the end of their prayers, the former 

 scatters some grains of rice, and cuts off the head of 

 the goat, naming God and the deceased. The mo- 

 ment he severs the head, he rushes into the midst of 

 the party, who surround him; the Demauno at the 

 same time seizes me head of the goat, sucks the 



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