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BELIEFS CONCERNING THE FUTURE LIFE 275
naught from this earth save what is given them by
men as alms; and this is the reason that the friends
of the deceased put food before the speckled crows for
the first nine days after his death, so that if the soul
of the departed hath become a devil, nevertheless he
A DEVIL DANCER OP CEYLON.
may come and eat. According to their belief, these also
come sometimes among men in human guise; but since
they can do no harm, therefore they say that none need
fear them.
They that be punished outside this world are they
who are tormented in lamma-locon (Sanskrit Yama-
loka, " world of Yama "), that is, hell. But it must
