[Following the Equator by Mark Twain]@TWC D-Link bookFollowing the Equator CHAPTER LXV 10/17
They are particular about babies.
A clergyman would not bury a child according to the sacred rites because it had not been baptized.
The Hindoo is more liberal.
He burns no child under three, holding that it does not need purifying. The King of the Zulus, a fine fellow of 30, was banished six years ago for a term of seven years.
He is occupying Napoleon's old stand--St. Helena.
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