Note 9 — Chapter I · BOIS-AK, APRIL.
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A peculiar religious ceremony, like that of baptism, is performed for every Hindoo. The Brahmun who does it, and selects a male or female deity for his disciple, is called gooroo, or pastor. The disciple, Shis-ho, can on no account change his gooroo or the god he furnishes. The gooroo exercises absolute sway over his Shis-ho; just as the “infallible Pope” does over the Romanists. Gooroo has the power to send his Shis-ho to heaven or hell as he pleases. Without a passport from him, the “gates of heaven” would not admit the Shis-ho.