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ETIQUETTE OF THE HINDUS
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it is customary to kiss the feet and rub the ankles of a high personage.

PARAPHERNALIA FOR A CHINESE BUDDHIST RITUAL OBSERVANCE.

Whenever orders are received at the hands of a superior, the person lifts the skirts of his robes and makes a prostration. The superior or honourable person who is thus reverenced must speak gently (to the inferior), either touching his head or patting his back, and addressing him with good words of direction or advice to show his affection. When a Sramana (Buddhist monk) or one who has entered on the religious

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