Note 6 — Chapter L · THE USSURI AND SUNGACHA.

Since the previous October he had baptized an additional 50 Goldi, and he thought that what Gilyaks there were in his district were all baptized. Formerly, he said, natives when willing were baptized, though they understood nothing of what was being done, but in his own case he required them to know certain prayers. After baptism they were expected to attend church when there was one near, and to come to communion once a year. I learned that some of the native Christians, as might be expected, relapse into heathenism, especially in time of sickness, when, having perhaps no doctor near, they send for the shaman. It did not appear, however, that the profession of Christianity exposed them to persecution.