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85. Does it matter whether the body was properly "buried or 
not ? 86. Is food set out for the souls of the dead P 37. Are 
there annual feasts in honour of the dead ? 38. If so, are 
the souls considered to consume the food ? and how, materially 
or spiritually ? 
Future Life. —39. Is there any doctrine of transmigration of 
souls ? 40. Are the souls of the dead supposed to be re-born 
in children ? 41. Do men live successive lives in different 
human bodies ? 42. Do souls transmigrate into animals, 
vegetables, inert bodies ? 43. Is there moral reward or punish¬ 
ment in such transmigration, the good man going up and the 
bad man down in the scale of existence ? 44. If transmigra¬ 
tion is believed in, what do the people give as their reason for 
belief in it ? 45. Is there a special locality where the souls of 
the dead live in the future life ? 46. Are there stories of men 
going thither and returning to give an account of it ? 47. Is 
it a material or phantasmal region ? 48. Is there any particu¬ 
lar road or starting-place where the souls set off? 49. Is any 
connexion to be noticed between the West or Sunset and the 
Land of the Dead ? any myth of a divine personage (such as 
Odysseus) descending into Hades and returning, like the Sun ? 
50. Is the Land of the Dead in some distant country, moun¬ 
tain, or island ? has any water to be crossed ? and how, by 
boat, or bridge, or swimming ? 51. Is there an under-world 
or Hades ? is it a cavernous region, gloomy or fiery ? 52. Are 
volcanoes mouths communicating with it ? 53. Is there a 
heavenly region of the dead in or above the sky ? 
54. What is the fate of souls after death ? 55. Is life in the 
next world much like this, with land, houses, and occupations ? 
56. Is it looked forward to as dismal or beautiful ? 57. Is there a 
difference in men’s conditions in the next life ? 58. If so, 
what determines a man’s happiness or misery ? do nobles fare 
better than plebeians ? have warriors a glorious life ? what 
becomes of those who die by violence ? 59. Is there a moral 
retribution ? i. e. are good men happy and bad men unhappy 
after death ? 60. If so, what qualities of virtue and vice 
constitute a good or bad man— e. g. bravery, hospitality, 
fidelity, chastity, temperance, kindness, &c. and their oppo¬ 
sites ? 61. Do the priests claim authority as to the fate of 
men, and require sacrifices, gifts, austerities, &c. to secure 
future welfare ? 62. Is there a tribunal or judge to decide on 
the fate of the soul ? 63. Is there a special place of punish¬ 
ment ? 64. Is this of the nature of a purgatory ? and are souls, 
when purified from sin, transmitted to a happy region ? 
