10. Which is the last, is the ceremony of their burials; when any is sick to death, they enjoyn him to utter _Narrane_, which is one of the names of God, importing mercy to sinners: they pour fair water into his hand, praying to _Kistnetuppon_, the God of the water, to present him pure to God; he being dead, his body is washed, and after buried in this manner. They carry the body to a rivers side and being set down, the _Brammane_ uttereth these words. _Oh earth! we commend unto thee this our brother, whilst he lived thou hadst an interest in him, of the earth he was made, by the blessing of the earth he was fed, and therefore now he is dead, we surrender him to thee_: after this putting combustible matter to the body, lighted by the help of sweet oyl, the _Brammane_ saith, _Oh fire, whilst he lived thou hadst a claim in him, by whose natural heat he subsisted, we return therefore his body to thee that thou shouldst purge it_. Then the son of the deceased sets two pots, one with water, and the other with milk on the ground; the pot with milk on the top of the other, and with a stone breaks the pot with water, whereby the water and milk are both spoiled; upon which account the son thus moralizeth, That as the stone makes the vessels yield, so did sickness ruin his Fathers body, which is then burnt to ashes, which are thrown into the air, the _Brammane_ uttering these words, _Oh air, whilst he lived by thee he breathed, and now having breathed his last, we yield him to thee_. The ashes falling on the water, the _Brammane_ saith, _Oh water, whilst he lived, thy moysture did sustain him, and now his body is dispersed, take thy part in him_. This being done, the _Brammane_ reads (to the Son or nearest of kin to the deceased) the Law of mourners; _That for ten days he must eat no Beetle, nor oyl his head, nor put on clean clothes; but once a month make a Feast, and visit the River whose water drank up his Fathers ashes_. Besides this, there was a Custom which is brought into a Law, for the Wives of the deceased to accompany their Husbands in death, by burning themselves with his body; and this is still used among persons of greatest worth, the Women voluntarily exposing their bodies to the flames. And this is the sum of the second Tract of the Book delivered to _Breman_.