in 



course; the jouug, unexpanded niiiid of tlic 

 ini^t did not tttLd€i:slaBi &6 n^eaiiing of it, 

 hat stared at ua, md then at fmrent ; && 



sileiicf that prevailed corresponded with the 

 sok'iiiiiity that reigned in tliis saered, romantic 

 spot. I eonld not avoid reflecting at the time, 

 that this infant would be brought to go mecha- 

 nically tlmmgli pagsa worsMp, it> gazfe on 

 the tinsel and gaudiness of the tcinphi and the 

 g'ihled figure, heforc its mind liiid dawned ; it 

 woukl awake in fetters, and foUow ini|iHeitly the 

 custom of its forefatherSj satisfied with their blind 

 SU.|iersti'tiail and pagan ioTl0J*^6;^v 



I mxtst aiidiopase ^ &m dlgr^%, md 

 return to the chanting priests in the temple, 



who, with shaven crowns, and arrayed in the 

 yellow robes of the priests of Buddha, appeared 



to go through the wraiiii^jr irffit im^^^- 

 Th^ had %0 lowemg Wk df b^tty, wliSch 

 eamtmt hMt liad at last legibly written upon 

 their eonntenanees. The priests were evidently, 

 in characteristic features, a distinct race from. 

 Iti€: Chinese, and «iuai^ ict^ liiiiiodii^lim of ^ 



wSfsxk^ 0the3^ 

 paitftofibgi^ p©j>rf)ly #^-Binnah emjiire. 



As soon as the mummer}' Iiad ceijsed, the 

 priests all flocked out of the temple, adjourned 



