1847.] Gosawees or Gosaeens. 7S 



paid to the buyer or mortgagee by the Gooroo and his disciples. The 

 same plan is adopted in cases of illegal mortgages or sales of the other 

 kind of Mut hs. Such sanctity avowedly not considered to attach to 

 the Mufhs which are the dwellings of the Dunglee or merchant sect 

 of Gosawees ; the right however even in respect to them is limited 

 to the Gooroo, he may sell or mortgage the Mut^h in which he pre- 

 sides, and his act is confirmed by the disciples, who generally redeem 

 it. It is not usual to divide the property in a Mutli and sell the 

 building after having once made common stock. If from any cause 

 such arrangement be made, the Gooroo takes to himself what portion 

 he pleases, and decides the amount to be allotted to each of his sub- 

 ordinates. If any disciple wish to separate his interests from those 

 of the rest, he receives such share of the whole property as the Goo' 

 roo may please to give him, and a deed of partition is taken from 

 him. 



32. The right of government to distrain Mut'hs used as dwell- 

 ing houses for the payment of the debts of the Gooroo, after having 

 referred the subject without effect to the Dusname, is admitted. 

 This assembly however generally manages to adjust the matter with- 

 out requiring a recourse to such an extreme measure. A Mufh not 

 being supposed to consist of shares, the distraint of it for the pay- 

 ment of debts due by other members of the estabUshment than the 

 Gooroo is considered as unjust as the sale or mortgage of it by one of 

 the disciples in liquidation of his own debts. Such sales or mort- 

 gages are always recognized, in so far that the purchaser or mortgagee 

 is not allowed to lose by the fraud of the seller or mortgager, who is 

 punished for such acts by his Gooroo or the Dusname. 



Of Land attached 33. Land is bought from Enamdars when it is 

 to Mufhs, found necessary to build a Mufh by this arrange- 



ment the Government has no right in the land ; if it be charged 

 with a Joree or quit-rent, a permanent remission of it is solicited 

 from, and in general granted by Government, or the amount of the 

 right of Government is paid as part of the price, and the annual charge 

 defrayed by the Enamdar himself ; should land however, after the 

 completion of the Mufh, be saddled with a tax, the establishment 

 pays it. 



34. It is usual to allow the public to partake of the water of a 

 river, well or tank within the limits of a Mufh for bathing, cooking, 

 and drinking, but they are not permitted to erect a mote (the usual 



