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SCENES IN INDIA. 
rest, the eyes of the saint gloating on her all the 
while with an expression of disgusting licentiousness; 
but of which she appeared perfectly unconscious. 
It is notorious that these monsters frequently 
seduce from their conjugal fidelity the most beautiful 
women they meet with; who think it an especial 
privilege to be so connected with a man who had 
paid by severe penances the dreadful price of an ever- 
lasting inheritance in the paradise of their gods. 
When will these miserable delusions cease in a 
country so extensively governed by a Christian peo- 
ple? It is time that a change should be wrought; 
and it has been announced to us that such a change 
is in progress. 
