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in precisely the same relation as a child born of a man’s 
marriage. Adoption in this full sense was unknown amongst 
the Jews. It is precisely in the former sense that adoption 
takes place in India. It is necessary that there should be a 
son in order to perforin certain funeral rites, or to deliver the 
soul of the deceased man from the hell called Put ; hence 
if a man has no son, he adopts one from amongst his kin. It 
is in this way many great families, especially those of ruling 
chiefs, have been perpetuated. Although there is, therefore, 
no direct succession in most of the great chieftainships of 
India according to our ideas, there is, for the most part, the 
certainty that the blood of the founder of the family will 
generally be on the throne. If by any chance there should 
be an intrusion, there is still a strong tendency to revert to 
the natural line. It will easily be understood that if a throne 
can be passed on by adoption, ordinary land and possessions 
would go to the adopted as to the natural son. So truly is 
an adopted child regarded as a lawful one that, in the event of 
a true heir being born, the rights of the former are not easily 
set aside, and he must be provided for in an adequate manner. 
This difficulty, and the belief that an adopted son may not 
have the same feeling as a natural one, and that he, or his 
friends, may even endeavour to make certain what may be set 
aside, often leads to the postponement of the selection of an 
heir for so long that it cannot be effectually performed. The 
omission may be rectified by allowing the widow to adopt, 
under certain conditions, but it is not so satisfactory. If it had 
not been for the grant to the native princes of the right of 
adoption, in my own time a large proportion of the Native 
States in Eajputana would have become British. St. Paul, 
indeed, attached the highest value to our adoption as sons, and 
comparison between Roman and Indian practice in this impor- 
tant matter shows how great the privilege really was — and is. 
The subject of charms, amulets, and jewellery is of some 
interest. I will therefore give a general description of some of 
the ornaments which are referred to in the Bible, and especially 
in the Old Testament. I do this because many of the actual 
examples, and certainly many of the types exist to this day in 
the East, and particularly in India, in which the customs, 
practices, and arts of all the nations with which that huge country 
comes into relation, are absorbed, though, no doubt, they are 
modified and given a peculiar Indian stamp. 
Eliezer, the steward of Abraham, when he first met Rebekah, 
put upon her a golden earring of half a shekel weight, 
