V O L U M E L P L A T E S .
F R O N T I S P I E C E .
A To GEY , or penitential Faquir. Thefe claffes devote themfelves
to varieties of moft cruel aufterities. Favernier, at p. 166 of his travels:
in India, gives a plate of the various penances they infliit on themfelves.
They feled a large Banian-tree, under which they aftonifli:
mankind with their ftrange diftortions. Thefe foon lofe the ufe of lome:
or other of their limbs, by their perfifting in the moft unnatural attitudes.
They are the moft fqualid of the order. They leave the hair of:
their head to grow far below their rumps, and the beards to an enormous
buihinefs. They permit their nails to affume the form of talons,,
and often, by dafping their hands, fuffer them to penetrate deep into the:
flelh..
The other figure is of a Pandaram, or Senajfey, of the clafs of pilgrims
to the various Pagodas, many of which are as eminent for their fandity-
and miraculous powers as thofe of the moft fuperftitious Europeans. Thefe-
are from their adive life ftout and robuft. They wear their hair fhort
on the fides, and tied up in a knot on the top of their head. Their-
beards ihort and rough. Their manners are before related. Both thefe
are Gymnofopbijls, or naked philofophers, But differ widely in their morals:.
the laft go armed, often, with the horns, of the fmooth-horned Antelope,,