sa A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHiPELAGa 



to bo undisturbed ; a spot wliere tho pilgrim of any 

 creed, 



'* HiB life being v«iTy oftbcaQ worJdly ha^f 

 Might winh for power to diraoiBS itaclf," 



or, as the Koran bath it, "might envy the quiet dead, 

 and say, Would God I were in thy place." Never- 

 theless, a sublimcr grave than the coral rock — according 

 to my idea— was close at hand. Tlicre can scarcely be 

 a moment more impressive than when " we comniit a 

 body to the deep ; there to look for the resurrection of the 

 body, when tlte sea shall give up its dead " No doubt, 

 however, an earthly— «ven a coral^ — tomb had superior 

 recommendations for the Mussulman. lie could repose in 

 the right position for his prophet's tomb ; ho could luve 

 at his head tho woll-hnown symbol of the turban, rudely 

 carved, in this insitmice, out of a piece of wood* Above all, 

 those who closed eyes could also prepare him by their 

 friendly prompting for tbe interrogation of the examining 

 aiigek "When they say to thee, 'Who h thy Lord 1' 

 answer, * Ood ie my Lord/ in truth ; and when they ask 

 thee concerning thy prophet, say unto them, * Mahomet 

 is the Apostle of God,' with veracity \ and when they ask 

 thee concerning thy religion, say unto them, * Islam ism 

 is my religion and when they ask thee coacerning thy 

 book of direction, Bay to them, ' The Koran is ray book 

 of direction — ^and I have lived and died in the assertion 

 that there is no deity but God ; and Mahomet ia God's 

 Apostle;— And thm/ will say, ' Sleep, 0 servant of 

 God, in the protection of God/ " Had tbe deceased 



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