In the district of Lien-kiang Hien with. in the Foochow Prefecture there prevails a wicked custom which ought to be abolished. Ifa woman's husband die, his relations insist upon her committing suicide, by hanging, 0 as to follow him into another world, Three days before the appointed date for this enforced suttee, a feaat is. given, at which all the man's relations use every argument, and exhortation to make her comply with the custom. Should she consent, as she is invariably compelled to do,
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