1 ' est . CAOimffAUK, Cihnmu
2 in the same way. Time «re Bonwtimeo in the q>eo sir, and eomrti'mei ia
3 iMNMt odied Jbar UsuMb Thoogli fira (niidB of bcudiM sf a ptrtaeitlMr *
4 tMe) aecMuy ftr all itligMia isereiiioilia«» 7«t ifal^ Mem to ham no
5 ' {Mirticalar veneration for that element and kMp iq» no etomal fire.
6 They ha^'e licreditary priests, but thcr have no great influence. They
7 have also persons who can procure an inspiration of" some superior being, by
8 holding their heads over the smolce oi a sacritice, but these are held in no
9 to gW* a grm deal of Mnoke. A penon whote proper tasm w iCafe^ aad title Ot^ MMit
10 befeic tlw fire, and brliiiid hun tlte wortbippcn to a row. Finlf water it brought him, witb which
11 he washes his hands, jr.d taking some to hia right band, throws k three time* through the imoke or
12 flame on Uie Imrtao, saying every time Sooch, that is, pore ; then he throws a handful of water oo tht
13 ■afifice, usually a gMl or o»iv» aad aajn 8«oek. Tfaea taUng mbis water, aad iff tif^g aoae
14 weeds (neanifig, •< do tliott aowpt thr Mctifwel** Ike), fie pout* it into tke left «ir of Aeaaeiififlc
15 wliiih 8t»nd« on hi» ri^'lif fMoolluh N'ljet-Vi - > •■. ' ,• n -acrifirrS, otic- to God, and one to an ido!.)
16 If the autntal now turn up it« bead to hcavci<, it i» scckoned a sign of acceptance, aad gives great
17 ■Miilaction ; aftcrwaids ia the right car, and a third time un the fort- head, aad a fourth oo its back.
18 En -h titre Sooch is oncp said. Ni«t dirowing in some fuc!, he takes a handful of dry wheat flour,
19 and throws it through tlie 6re on the Attae \ and this flour they reckon a part of God ; and again
20 he throws both bmdt fuB of Ghee ra/s the fire j this also is a portion of God. Thi-y do not ia
21 rirhtr of Hum tMnmmmm ny Sooch* b«t sow tke priaat says wttJk a ked toice, Ke ! and after
22 be say He Uotidit that is, accept ! Tina thef accompany mAtm
23 w it!i a gesture. They put their pahns ftpandtd on the outhidc i>f their knees, and a« they raise
24 them in an extended potitioo, say. He Umuck i Tbe priest uow kiUs the goat witJi a loofep aid
25 wwaitin ■ bodi \mi»m iWlibodk aDowta Stda to drap loto tbe in, tnd tbrowatha wwiiada
26 through the fire on the Imrtan (or idol, in case of an idol), and again three " He Umuch]'*
27 The liead is now twisted off (to the left), aad thrown into the fire, but no " He unuich !" Wine
28 lithcnbroagfatlBabBwl, wdthe fviwt duapptaf a iMla fate dko fc^ ttwwatlw tit tbwi^ it^
29 (tbe gltoe too was thrown out of a bowl), and r^rt-c Hr T^miich I The priest now prays Go^
30 ** Ward off the fever from u* I tncreauK onr stores I kill ttir Mu»>u1mans ! aft«r death admit u» to
31 Bw0eb6ola i or paradise and tlim He UBOCb m said. Thit priest now bring* Jbrward and
32 pAwas bclstc hitnsrlf a Pasha, or person pos<««sed by a spirit, who after stietchiag forward his head
33 iato the smoke, and shaking it in it, tarns up his eyes to heaven, and prays as before ; the pncti aitd
34 worshippers three time* aay budly He Unrach I Next each man puts the fingers of each hand to-
35 gether to hk mouth and kisses them, next tohitq^Hi and lastly to his head( then all retire, and sit
36 arte dmni hi mm plM*. They now put the Mood «f the vfetian, with a Bttk water, on the fin^
37 and after it l.at simmered a little, put in the flesh, which is soon taken out half raw and eaten. Bat
38 if the victim be a cow, it ia divided, and each man carries Ins ow* homu The friett gets a^addi
39 share iabmhcMcs. Doriaf the aeri they sip some wine, niied wHh a deri of water, end fandAed
40 by the person who gwn \\t victim. The bones are plu'. 'junn. Tl.i circumstances ir. \\x ?..ine
41 when ilic s-icrifite is before an idoi, but the aolj one of this sort seen by MooUah Nujeeb, was to
42 Koomy, aa idol some distsoce to the South of the riHage^oo thogbl of dBbuIt aeeeM^ flisy fw
43 tented themselves with throwing these things towards it. They had no Kibia, and ilieir idott Csce
44 always indtSercntly, but MooUah Nujeeb cannot now srfaether in all the Umrtaas and Umr-
45 nnss, tbe worahl^ncn last 10 tte sfli^ A COW i» rinMk eae hbv with w lit «a the fHdNwk
46 of vfakbitdM.
47 Digitized by CoogI