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213, Story of an Emigrant.
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and, if he succeeds in reaching his distant home, his
neighbors and friends will look up to him as an exceptionally
happy being, and his own soul is filled with the hope of
temporal and eternal bliss.
Those who have reaped the pecuniar}- benefits of the
pilgrimage are the Brahmins and Fakirs, the former through
offerings and the latter through begging. They have filled
their coffers and collected large herds of cattle, and now
they can lead a gay and happy life until the next Mela, when
they will again try to fan the dying embers of enthusiasm
into a flame by sending emissaries all over India for the
purpose of convincing the credulous populace that it is greatly
to be feared that the Ganges will soon lose its powet of
salvation, and that therefore as many as possible ought to
come next time, which may be the last chance.
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