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CHAP, images ?” “ Sometimes kneel down to heaven, sometimes pray in heart, 
^ sometimes go priest house (temple).” — “ Do they go to the temple of 
May, Kwan-yin?” “Yes.” — “Do they go to the temple of Pih-chang?” 
“ Sometimes.” — “ Do they go to the temple of Ching-hwang*?” “ No.” 
— “ Do Joo, Shih, and Taou beheve that heaven will reward the good and 
punish the bad ?” “Yes.” 
To the sentence, “ At heart the doctrine of the three religions is the 
same ; they firmly believe that heaven will do justice by rewarding and 
punishing the good and the bad,” An-yah did not assent. To the fol- 
lowing sentence, “ Both in this life and in the life to come there are 
rewards and punishments ; but there is regard to the offences of men, 
whether heinous or not : speedy punishments are in this life ; those 
that are more remote in the world to come,” An-yah replied, “ Priest 
say so.” 
“ God created and constantly governs all things?” “ Englishman’s 
God, yes.” — “ When God created the great progenitor of all men, he was 
perfectly holy and perfectly happy ? ” “ N o.” — “ The first ancestor of the 
human race sinned against God, and all his descendants are naturally 
depraved, inclined to evil, and averse from good.” “ Good.” — “ If men’s 
hearts be not renewed, and their sins atoned for, they must after death 
suffer everlasting misery in hell.” “ Priest say so : An-yah not think 
so.” — “ Do the three sects believe in metempsychosis ? ” This was not un- 
derstood. — “ Do they believe that all things are appointed by heaven?” 
“ Yes.” — “ Are there any atheists in Loo Choo ?” “ Many.” 
In Loo Choo the priesthood are as much neglected and despised as 
in China, notwithstanding their being consulted as oracles by all classes. 
Several of them visited me in the garden at Potsoong, and remained 
w'hile I made my magnetical observations. As these occupied a long 
time, I had an opportunity of particularly remarking these unfortunate 
beings, and certainly I never saw a more unintellectual and care-worn 
class of men. Many persons crowded round the spot to observe what 
was going forward, and the poor priests were obliged to give way to 
every new comer, notwithstanding they were in their own garden. 
* Clung-livvai}g is the goddess of Canton. 
