The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-08-29

has driven the deceased to seIflimmolation.
saw u man not long since at Allahabad
who has sat in one position for fifty years ont'
pedestal exposed to sun. wind. and ram. He
never moves exs ps enc d y, when his at
tendants lead him to the Ganges. He is mn
object Of worship to thousands and even Ii Il,
caste Rrahmans pay him homage.
saw two Urdhva ballus, one at Gaya and
the other at Benares-that is. devotees who
hold their arms with clenched Its above their
heads for years, until they become shrivelled
and the finger nails penetrate through the
back of the hanis. Another man was pros
trating himself and measuring every inch OF
the ground with his body round the hill Of
Govardhan when passed.
Z Two at emp's at samadh occurre in Mr..
Sheppard's district. A devotee announced his
intention of adopting this extraordinary meth
cd of securing perfect abstraction and beati
tude, and was actually buried alive in the
neighborhood of village. His friends were
detected by the villagers in pouring milk
down a hollow bamboo which had been ar
ranged to supply the buried man with air and
food The bamboo was removed, and the in.
tered man was found dead when his friends
opened the grave shortly afterward The 9th,
err attempt is still more recent, and will con.
clude this communication by giving Mr.. Shep
pard's own account Of it almost in his own
words
As l was shooting near my camp one
morning, mounted orderly came up with
news that Bhat had performed samadh thai
afternoon in a neighboring village, and thai
there was much consequent excitement there
Not having horse with me, | directed the
orderly to ride off to the village and dig NJ
the buried man, taking intn custody any per
son who might endeavor to oppose the execu-
tion of my orders. On returning to my camp
ordered the apprehension of all those wht
had assisted in the samadh, and soon after
ward receiving report that the man had beer
actually buried in vault in his own house
Mt hi been taken ont alive. He was, how
ever, very weak and died the following morn
ing. II was hen reported to me that TIL.
limbs, though cold, had not stiffened, and th,
people, ready as Of old to be deceived, and al
ways inclined to attribute the smallest de
parture from the ordinary course of events L
supernatural agency, declared that the Bha
was not dead, but lying in the samadh trance
There was, however, no pulse, and as it wa
clear that, even if the superstition of thev vii
layers was correct, medical treatment woulf
be desirable, seat the body in car to th,
nearest dispensary, distant some six or sever
miles, and in due time received Gel tticato O
death from the hospital assistant in charge Of
that institution together with report of q
post mortem examination Of the body, which
showed that death had resulted from hear
disease. Meanwhile visited the village and
ascertaincd the following facts:
"The deceased was man in fairly comfor
table circumstance, ana wi h some reigi ms
pretensons 1t was well know that he aspir.
cd to a still higher reputation for sanctiiy,
aud That with this view he had for seyera
months been contemplating samadh. Tie
proper date for this rite has been finally set
tied after many SOLEMN ceremonies and the
due observance OF fasting, prayer, and chart
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