+-------------------------------------------------+----+----+----+ | | R. | A. | P. | | +----+----+----+ | Bamboo sticks for making the trestle | 0 | 14 | 0 | | Dungaree cloth for winding sheet | 1 | 8 | 0 | | Twine for binding the trestle | 0 | 2 | 0 | | One bundle of kurbie for placing on trestle | 0 | 1 | 6 | | Golal powder for sprinkling over the body | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Flowers and betel-leaves for placing upon it | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Saffron for the sprinkling water | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Vessel for carrying fire | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Piece of gold or pearl for placing in the mouth | 0 | 8 | 0 | | Three copper pice to tie in the clothes | 0 | 0 | 9 | | Rice, &c., for dropping on the road, &c. | 0 | 4 | 0 | | Sandal-wood for burning | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Firewood for making fire | 7 | 0 | 0 | | Oil or ghee for increasing the flame | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Refreshments for friends | 0 | 8 | 0 | | +----+----+----+ | Total | 12 | 7 | 3 | +-------------------------------------------------+----+----+----+ The above describes a funeral of the poorer kind, but in a late number of the 'Bombay Times' appears an interesting account of the burning of the body of Mr. Veneyekras Juggonath Sunkersett, an eminent citizen of that city. The funeral procession from the house of the deceased was sufficiently large to demand a special report. Not less than a thousand persons figured therein, 'every family in the caste having furnished one or two of its male members to swell the melancholy cortège.' Bareheaded, and dressed in white garments, the procession marched slowly on. First came an array of link-bearers; then, also surrounded by lighted torches, and borne aloft on the shoulders of six men, the corpse was carried, preceded by Brahmin priests chanting a monotonous dirge. Arrived at the burning-ground--a spot to which admittance is made difficult--the body, lying on a bier, was deposited on the ground, the torch-bearers forming a circle around. The bier consisted simply of split bamboo sides and arms, with a rush bottom, and was subsequently broken to pieces and burnt. The object of depositing the bier on the ground was to allow all present to take a last look at the features of their friend and leader. Many simply salaamed, others knelt and appeared to pray, while others indulged in tumultuous ululation.