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machinery for drawing water from wells) or to apply the water to pur- 

 poses of agriculture. 



35. Treasure found in the land of a Mutli is considered the pro- 

 perty of the finder, no inquiry as to the owner being made. 

 Division of pro- ^6. A division of property and interest sometimes 

 P^^'^y- takes place between CJiela and Gooroo ; the only tie 



which in that case remains between them is that each supports the other 

 when in distress ; the riches acquired by them under such circum- 

 stances, belong in virtue of the partition exclusively to him who earns 

 them, the Chela having only a very remote interest in the wealth of his 

 Gooroo, depending upon the contingency of his dying without other 

 disciples or not having named an heir in the prescribed form. 



37. The alienated Chela is not responsible for the debts of his 

 late Gooroo whether incurred before or after the alienation. 



38. If an alienated disciple die leaving no disciples of his own, 

 his Gooroo takes his property, pays the expenses of his funeral, and 

 settles debts in communication with the Dusname ; if the deceas- 

 ed leave no property, the Gooroo is not responsible for his debts, 

 but must pay the expenses of his funeral ; if the Gooroo of the 

 alienated Chela who may die in these reduced circumstances be also 

 dead, the Gooroo' s heirs are bound to do what would have been his 

 duty. 



39. If a Gooroo proceed upon his travels and no one hear of him 

 for 10 or 15 years, the person who would succeed in the event, of his 

 death (that is one of his disciples) performs the ceremonies observed 

 on the death of a relation, which consist of assuming the appearance 

 and performing the ceremonies of mourning and entertaining the 

 fraternity in the name of the deceased. The Gosawees differ from 

 most other Hindoos in burying their dead instead of burning them. 

 This probably originated in the JBrahmin custom of burying their 

 Sunyasees or devotees. 



40. If a Gosawee die very poor leaving one or more rich disciples 

 in a state of alienation, the Dusname obliges him or them to bear the 

 expenses induced by that event. If a Gosawee die in indigent cir- 

 cumstances, and have no disciples of any kind, the Dusname perform 

 the last ceremonies due to him on earth. 



41. One-fourth of a Gosawee' s fortune is devoted to ceremonies 

 consequent to his death, and another quarter to the erection of a suit- 

 able tomb over his remains. 



