"(Monday). These [J |^ [♦alleys «r 

 lay great stress on ibe^ sprinkling of water (bapliam), 

 and ID their eervicee uiTrt ni?ht into day. Ewry monastery 

 sirike« iia bcM, in order to fix the time. At mid-day and 

 niid-ni|?ht Uiey coinmeiice rcckonini? their hoarSj poin? on to 

 Iweive respectively. They venerate the cross ("^ ^ ko- 

 yii), and do not sftcrifice to iheir anceflior9. while they wor- 

 ship no other spiritual being ihan Deus ^ Leuk-ae.) 

 Tbi*rfi is something still more extraordinary, the \yndtis 

 C E 88 P^-lRy) ffJi'sri^''^ people's sins, and are very inncli ho- 

 ijnured. The >|C ordinance of bafifi^m is thm adminis- 

 tered ; the corpse of the chief padri |§ I pa-ley-6ii?) 

 havinjT been boiled d«wn to an ointment, one of the instruc- 

 tors takcg charge of it, and when any wish to enter their reli- 

 gion, they make ihcm swear that their whole pereons are 

 denvfid from Dens (tj^ 5^ Leuk-se), after whicli Ihe |ii!idri 

 (E ® P-''^y3 the ointment with water, and drops it 



on the head, hence it is called ^'^^^^ eprink^ing^. 



The ceremony of marriage ia perforn\cd bv holding each 

 others hands ; in additToii to which, on the day of the nuptiala, 

 the minister throws a chain (or garland) around the 



necks of the bride at*d bridegroom. Km? eeventh day 

 they go to church, and aak the padri 

 give their sins ; which is called ^oin^; to mas8(^ 

 k'han-me-sa); old and young believe and attend to this, 

 ThetB are also ^ tfe Pjt5 nunneries, where ihey collect mo- 

 nies for the public service ; the nunnery ia locked up very 

 cloBcly, all tho males being excluded ; the building is high 

 and imposing ; daily necesaaries are hoiflted in by a basket 

 over the wall ; and all those females who wish ^ to 

 enter the cloister and ^7 devote ihemaelvcB to the t^^ac- 

 tice of piety are admitlnd. When the chief padri (T^ ^ ^ 



pa.ld-6ng) meets i he ^ abbot, the usual ceremony is 

 to smell (or kisa^ hia hands ; but when common jwople pay 

 their re8|jects to him, it is done by kissing hia fool. The rea- 



