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rclative of the deceased, offers the funeral cake. The priest sits Dear the lamp and reads a katha (a text) from the Market and Garur Puráras. After ten days the lamp and the pitcher are thrown into the valley, and the reading of a kathd is also stopped. Then wpindi karam (a ceremony to unite the dead with his ancestors) is performed, and after that the vikhal shardill is performed, The Acbâraj is given ornaments, clothes and food. All the Drahmans present are given some alms and cows, and horses are also given to them. After a fortnight or more a goat is killed, and all the relations are called together and feel with meat and rice. The father of the wife of deceased person's son supplies all the requisite Diaterial at this time, and gives clothing to his daughter and son-in-law. All prosent are fed for two or three days by the family of the deceased. After this a shrd.th (offering of funeral cakes to the dead) is performed every month. After six months great sacrifice is performed, and cows, ornaments and clothes are given to the Brahmans in the name of the dead. In the same way annual and quadrennial sacrifices are performed, after which only an annual shra Ik is observed. The bones of the dead are sent to Hardwâr. Rice balls are offered at Bhos and Kurakshetra, too.
(6) There is no particular custom to be observed at the death of a childless man. All the ceremonies of shráith and the sacrifices mentioned above are performed in this case, too, with the ordinary expenses.
(c) In the case of a violent death, it is necessary to offer funeral cakes in the name of the dead at Hardwar, Bboa and Kurukshếtra. Some persons perform the Náraini Bali Shradh - i.e., funeral cakes are offered for forty days instead of ten.
(d) Among the other tribes, having or not baving of children by the deceased is of no importance. Much stress is laid upon music. I'oor men call in a small band, while rich men employ a large band of musicians. Funeral cakes are offered on the third day after death. The ten karmas ceremonies) are not performed. The goat is either not killed, or the heir of the deceased kills the goat any time after three days, and the mourning ceremonies then come to an end. Funeral cakes are offered at Hardwar, but this has been introduced only very lately. Monthly shradhs are not performed, bat shrádlhs are performed after six morths, one year and four years. Ornaments and clothing are given to the Brahmans. The son of the sister of the deceased is given some alms and ornaments, instead of the charaj (the man officiating in funeral ceremonies).
(e) Among Muhammadans, after forty days a feast is given to all the brother bood. No other ceremony is performed.
(To be emtinuel.)
MISCELLANEA. THE FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIÉTÉ preserving them, and, indeed, after existing for D'ANGKOR.
a millennium exposed to the ravages of time, By the Franco-Siamese treaty of 23rd March a tropical climate and its vegetation, they are in 1907, we learn that France has acquired the need of careful conservation. French archaeoloprovinces of Battambang, Siemreap and Sisophon gists will avoid the evils of restorations but. These new provinces include the most though local revenues cannot assume the full magnificent group of architectural monuments burden of the expenditure required for so large in Asia, which are now added to those previously an undertaking, they are resolved that it shall possessed by France in Cambodia and Annam, not be said that Angkur long suffered from Among the numerotis edifces that bear witness French national indifference. They bave thereto the splendour of the ancient Indo-Chinese fore formed the Société d'Angkor' for the civilization are the wonderful temples of Angkor, preservation of the remains. It consists of over - rivalling the greatest architectoral marvels of fifty founders - French arcbæologists, professors, the world.
scbolars and others interested in Indo-China and As repository of these treasures France has not the preservation from destruction of the relics of been slow is recognising the duty of carefully its glorious past.
