Storia do Mogor 265.15.9

265.15.9

the same is done if the first child dies, for, being an infant, it is not cremated. Nor do they bury it outside for fear that witches may disinter it, to employ it in doing sorcery. When a female child dies who has reached twelve years of age or upwards, she is burnt, and for boys the age is fourteen years. The reason is that in India at those ages they are capable of sinning against the Sixth Commandment. Of these customs I spoke more amply under the head of the ' Hindu Religion ' (III. 92-135).