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to the people, the emaciated and haggard appearance of the
congregation, many of whom were disfigured by syphilis and
small-pox, and all of whom bore the unmistakable impress of
degradation and slavery, make the most painful impression
on me.

A MUSHIK’S FUNERAL.

During the famine the people attend church more assiduously
than usual, hoping by this to conciliate the Deity. For the priests
they have neither love nor respect; it is merely ignorance and
superstition that hold them under their sway. The popes, as the
village priests are called, belong to the “white priesthood,” and
are compelled to marry; the members of the “black priesthood”
live in enforced celibacy. The popes have no salary, but have
ample power of deriving a good income from the compulsory
fees for the numerous religious ceremonies. The nice parsonage
in our village testified to better times in the past, and the
well-fed appearance of the priest showed that, although his income
had been badly reduced, he had not been inconvenienced by
starvation. Ceremonial fees vary according to circumstances;

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