LIVING MUMMIES.
CAVES IN TIBET WHERE FANATICS ARE WALLED UP TO "ACQUIRE MERIT." &, Living' mummies exist in Thibet, near Cyangtse, at a spot the name of which in English may be rendered as 'The "Cave of Happy, Misery." There are about 20 small caves in the solid rock, each built up in front with stones and mortar. They have padlocked doors, tiny drains, and small holes just sufficient for a man to pass his hand through. in these cells men are buried for life with the idea of thus "attaining merit."' Once interned they are, in extreme cases, never seen again by mortal eye. Even the hand which they stretch forth from the small hole for their dole of food is covered by a glove : they speak to no one, and no one speaks to them. Even their death is only made known when they fail for several days to streteh out the hand for food.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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