{"pages":{"75":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00099-0c287ad704a60b72baa9.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":449,"y":162,"width":246,"height":18}},{"text":"75","box":{"x":987,"y":164,"width":38,"height":17}},{"text":"In the afternoon we went to the Nazareny village, which contains","box":{"x":167,"y":209,"width":851,"height":34}},{"text":"many houses regularly disposed, and full of people. For an Indian","box":{"x":119,"y":237,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"town it is well built, and comparatively clean. It has a new church","box":{"x":123,"y":264,"width":897,"height":34}},{"text":"of considerable size. An old church is situated at some distance","box":{"x":123,"y":292,"width":896,"height":32}},{"text":"on a beautiful rising ground. It is now unroofed; but the walls,","box":{"x":120,"y":320,"width":898,"height":35}},{"text":"although built of indurated clay only, continue very fresh and","box":{"x":122,"y":346,"width":897,"height":36}},{"text":"strong. The altar is arched over with the same materials, and","box":{"x":122,"y":376,"width":897,"height":32}},{"text":"possesses some degree of elegance. The burying ground is at the","box":{"x":120,"y":404,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"west end of the church, where the principal door is placed. From","box":{"x":120,"y":433,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"its being very small, the graves must be opened long before the bones","box":{"x":122,"y":458,"width":896,"height":34}},{"text":"are consumed. As the graves are opened for the new bodies, the","box":{"x":123,"y":488,"width":896,"height":31}},{"text":"old bones are collected, and thrown into an open pit near the","box":{"x":118,"y":515,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"corner of the church, where they as exposed to the view of all","box":{"x":120,"y":543,"width":897,"height":34}},{"text":"passengers.","box":{"x":119,"y":580,"width":150,"height":20}},{"text":"63. REGULATION TO PREVENT THE SACRIFICE","box":{"x":193,"y":656,"width":749,"height":24}},{"text":"OF CHILDREN (1802 A.D.)","box":{"x":374,"y":684,"width":389,"height":29}},{"text":"On 20 August 1802, Regulation VI was passed by the Governor-","box":{"x":204,"y":738,"width":759,"height":28}},{"text":"General in council prohibiting the practice of sacrificing children by","box":{"x":159,"y":763,"width":805,"height":27}},{"text":"drowning or throwing them to the sharks. It is evidence of government","box":{"x":162,"y":789,"width":802,"height":25}},{"text":"interference in religiously customary practice, when such practices","box":{"x":164,"y":812,"width":802,"height":31}},{"text":"were abhorrent to the British sense of values and could be shown","box":{"x":161,"y":837,"width":803,"height":25}},{"text":"to be contrary to Hindu & Moslem law. Cited in Claudius Buchanan,","box":{"x":164,"y":862,"width":801,"height":27}},{"text":"Memoir of the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British","box":{"x":158,"y":888,"width":808,"height":25}},{"text":"India, p. 101.","box":{"x":165,"y":914,"width":151,"height":22}},{"text":"A regulation for preventing the sacrifice of children at Saugor","box":{"x":153,"y":964,"width":859,"height":34}},{"text":"and other places. Passed by the Governor-General in council, on","box":{"x":113,"y":992,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"the 20th August, 1802.","box":{"x":115,"y":1021,"width":302,"height":28}},{"text":"It has been represented to the Governor-General in council,","box":{"x":158,"y":1076,"width":851,"height":31}},{"text":"that a criminal and inhuman practice of sacrificing children, by","box":{"x":111,"y":1102,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"exposing them to be drowned, or devoured by sharks, prevails at","box":{"x":111,"y":1132,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"the island of Saugor, and at Bansbaryah, Chaugdah, and other","box":{"x":111,"y":1159,"width":898,"height":32}},{"text":"places on the Ganges. At Saugor especially, such sacrifices have","box":{"x":108,"y":1187,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"been made at fixed periods, namely, the day of full moon in Novem-","box":{"x":108,"y":1215,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"ber and in January; at which time also grown persons have devoted","box":{"x":108,"y":1242,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"themselves to a similar death. Children, thrown into the sea at","box":{"x":109,"y":1271,"width":900,"height":29}},{"text":"Saugor have not been generally rescued, as is stated to be the","box":{"x":109,"y":1299,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"custom at other places; but the sacrifice has, on the contrary,","box":{"x":106,"y":1327,"width":897,"height":32}},{"text":"been completely affected, with circumstances of peculiar atrocity","box":{"x":106,"y":1353,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"in some instances. This practice, which is represented to arise","box":{"x":108,"y":1382,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"from superstitious vows, is not sanctioned by the Hindoo law, nor","box":{"x":109,"y":1409,"width":896,"height":31}},{"text":"countenanced by the religious orders, or by the people at large;","box":{"x":106,"y":1437,"width":896,"height":35}},{"text":"nor was it at any time authorised by the Hindoo or Mohamedan","box":{"x":109,"y":1464,"width":896,"height":31}},{"text":"governments of India. The persons concerned in the perpetration","box":{"x":105,"y":1493,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"of such crimes are therefore clearly liable to punishment; and the","box":{"x":106,"y":1518,"width":897,"height":35}}]}}}