MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES &C. 
lix 
might indeed raise an immediate question how any nation could pos¬ 
sibly long submit to such an Atlas pressure upon its resources. But 
Mr. Jones I suppose includes all the Chau Nen or noviciates under 
twenty years of age, and if so, and as these do not all take holy oiv 
ders, a large deduction might be made, still however leaving a heavy 
incubus on the nation. But what is this to be compared with the 
Priests in Buddjia’s time. Why on the occasion* of his being ** ex¬ 
tinguished” or entering Nivan, there were no less than <s seven hun¬ 
dred thousand Priests present.” True, Buddhist Priests have not 
according to received Christian notions, the care of souls. But it is 
their duty to preach to the people, which at least is one of the me¬ 
thods taken by Christian Pastors to keep souls from straying. If 
Buddhist Priests in these days do not preach the doctrine in order to 
convert erring mankind, they depart from the great example set to 
them by Buddha, who, Like Christ, preached frequently to the multi¬ 
tude, who thereby obtained salvation.” 
J 
yours See. 
J. Low. 
Mahawanso Translation, p. 11. 
