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persoi^jjtihd takes <i$jtfSjiholdj1aj’ b.d g ||^ftft-~iEater. ih his han,d,.jjindafterirgp£a,jting, “ tmay APPENDIX
I and my. wlrdle g e n e r a ^ .p e r ijh j ijfc.whfttil allgge-is-nofetEue^to drink the waters
Theiform’b fp r o c ed aE e^ ^ u '^ ^ e jr o se cu to r .o r -p la ij& fflto be hWrd first on, path-j
hiSsysatoesses are#*ex^,e^amin.«5d,Lthen th e y p% p j )e r d e f e p d a n t and »^w itn e ss e s ,
aft®r' ..
toAtsxporistderatioru iflJJb^torture is^4®pIoye<J’ tojproo^ej^^dencgs^nji^tilation is jjir-
known.-,, The usual pun ishment^^e,‘death, confin’emept^ andi seryjtude.',rffT b e ,law's
in some . i n W p c e ^ ^ 1 ^ f e ^ i f o t h e r s ilement. In the execution o,f, thejjunjshmepJ
awarded by ,tbei;c^uft‘;thgrfij^^^^^!^u;HaEity-,J i^^ J J iei5 g g riewd *p a rty pr^is^friends^
aresjgppointpdPotin'fllct^itijpfor ‘tho'ufh, th'e! §tpp§ in-between the p/pseeptgr (and
person,,whom he pursud^s'o^as'-tb restrain' Jhp^ndiscrimirjat&anin^ostty, of the opejand
t ^ ^ ^ P f r '^ o e r i in in a l it x
r e f in em e n f e ^ ^ m ^ l jus;tiLcewa s4 o^ p sito (cr imin a i,p ffen ce ’sjn ^ ^ fM tR r e (o£.9f?pr;e's
perpetrated agains^h^st^te„taina nnnishahJe .h v its qffipers!
iTkeft and robbery, a ^ g iip gh ep ^ ith death i n f l u ^ ^ y - i t 1 f i r i x mnrder^narl a»n
aue .p u p i s h p d I ^ s e% b y ^ r e a J p n g the lrmbs.af the convict,^with. adudctet^and
leaving-him to linggir..somei days in agony till death,engi;§s;Jg Adultery -is pupisljpfl'j^jth
d e a ^ in the man Ad d jie rp e tu^ e jy itu d e j,to the .pgipcenin „the poman. .j.This, severity
restrains. the .^ .fa^.-bH t small, state, o f there . . » m - w i ^ ns several
trials dor^t dating.the, year. ■ ,,
■1 confirm pvery,criminal sentencebefore,it is^e^ecute^, and)jeypryrteiyil
decision that i ^ y e S t h e servitude o f th e .p a r ^ iP p n f is c a t io n o f^ r u lp r it ls prppesty.
folfow?a, capita^ngmshment only, the amount o f which is^divided between tjie.pj-iijce
andijudges. .., Ih*other casesAbereas^p.cpflfiScation. [i -
( f T b e ^ s ^ H a f t differ from those.of, Javp w ith .- r e s^ t^ p , rftarriage.sgpj d i i^ e s . Marriages and
• IU,the.former-island, di^prcjes are permitted.undergo.circupista.nces' whatever; in the- diTOrces‘
i& j f e w f tw ie e te c y caprieqjs sufficient to^pcgcure one. .. I n K M dheiho . b .n A g ^ l
rally ^ ly s his wife by p a y in g s sum o f money to her parents^: thirty dpljarsds/the
commop’.pricer,, -Jf,unableyto pay this sum;, he; become#, asnn,thejp4ptriafichpl thnes o f
scripture, the „servant, p | cthei party, to , whom h e .^ u s becomes indehted^and, resides
along w.ith his wife in the „house of. his father-ip-law. His seryicea.are.received in*
•diminution of the dowry; apd ifj.b e, acts ^pjas to please the,,family.offhij wife the
exaction .o f it is either, in p a r to r in vyhoje remitted.
Without entering-into any.theory ccmperning the history o f the ;religious. system o f Beligion.
B a f i ) or, any detail«? comparison o f it with systems in India, the (allomnn-, notices
may.be,thought interesting: ;
Thcinhabitants, as b.pfpi'e.st^tecl^are divided^ into casts, panned B m m a n a , , S g t r ia ,
W i s i a , anclS&fcte&i The B r q m d n a s iara of, tjwo descriptions, B r a m a n a S e w a and .Brain
A n a Bu d a> The fprmer are most respected,, and refrain from eating-all animal, food, '
except that o f ducks, goatsT.3ttti..buffalpes : hogs’ flesh and that of' the cow are forbid-,
den. T h e ,B r ,aw ® n< } .,B y d a eat indiscriminately o f animal,foQ'd; v/l
T |ie B r u m d n a S 4 m are said not to perform worship in the temples,: this is le^ jto
the lowest orders, generally the S u d r a s . The worship o f the lower orders, as "per- .
formed