ritOCESSlOXS — tempi. Its. 



When people forsake l!i« j ir own country and volunta- 

 rily settle in another, they should he. satisfied with 

 the permission lo celebrate those religions* rites only 

 which do not outrage the proper feelings of the other 

 portions of the community, and which arc not injuri- 

 ous to public morals, the decencies of life, and order. 

 Tbis hiIjp utmost extent to which it should seem, under 

 such circumstances, toleration ought to extend. 



The processions of fakeers — often in little short of 

 pitrin nfttttrnlibns, and hideously painted and dis- 

 j> nf.s L (j — arc Saturnalia, which, to pay the most for 

 them, can only he hardy tolerated any where. 



The processions of the mussulman tnzias, or re- 

 presentations of the tombs of Hassan and Hoosseen, 

 are costly and splendid, as observed from a distance; 

 and were it not for the collision which takes place 

 *omefimcs at them heiwixt (He rival tazia-bearers 

 and their parties in the streets, when shillclahs, and 

 even nrnv dangerous weapons, are employed, they 

 would be wholesome enough moral safety-valves. 



The Malays never enter into any of these heterodox 

 practices. Their religious ceremonials are of a grave 

 ami respectable character, and they hold die Mussul- 

 man of India to he litlie better than a Hindoo. 



The Siamese have a rather pretty temple at Polo 

 Ticoos, and on the opposite side of the road is a Bur- 

 man one of humbler pretensions. There is another 

 and smaller Siamese pagoda at Battu Lmichang to 

 the southward of the town. The Booddhists have 

 sometimes dragged a car, but not of the description 

 dragged by Hindoos. The priests of all of these 

 tetoples and the respective monasteries, or ca/, attach- 

 ed to them, are rather numerous. But they are idle 

 and ignorant. Parties of them in yellow mantles 

 may be seen perambulating the streets. They 

 stop at a door, but do not ask for any thing, and pass 



