"But why must the wives of the people come here, if my wife need not disturb herself to do so?" "Are you not the protector of our doctrine, and is it not natural that the spirits should pay special attention to your prayers?" answered the astute bonze.

Over this pit is an armchair, to which the deceased bonze is fastened in full costume.

We entered the buildings, which were like all other Buddhistic temples the same images, &c.and were soon surrounded by crowds of the most filthy and miserable-looking bonzes, some clad in grey and some in yellow.

This portrait is that of a saintly and venerable bonze.