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A.n account of the funeral ceremonies of a Barman 



Priest 



y Wm. CAREY, 



HE manner in which different nations dispose of their dead is one 

 of those circumstances, which have been thought worthy of peculiar 

 notice, by all who have studied $ie history of man, as it is in most in- 

 stances connected with the idea which they entertain respecting a future 



state. 



Those nations who believe in the doctrine of the resurrection, practise 

 Inhumation. The Hindoos and other nations who believe the doctrine of 

 the metempschycosis, and consider fire as the element which purifies all 

 things, usually burn their dead, with a variety of ceremonies suited to 

 those religious notions which are peculiar to the different sects. The 

 inhabitants of Thibet, differing from most other nations B either totally 



