Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of rank often for a year, nay sometimes even for two. A fortunate day must be appointed by the Bramins for burn- ing the body, and during the interme- diate time it is embalmed and deposited in an apartment for the purpose. A manuscript account of a mission sent by the Dutch in 1633 to the king of Gelgel, who appears to have been at that time sole sovereign of Bali, gives a curious and interesting description of the ceremonies practised at the funerals of the princes of that island. The am- bassadors found the king in the deepest affliction for the death of his two eldest sons and the dangerous illness of his queen, who expired soon after their arrival. No business could be trans-