Beyond this, further meditation and fasting--by which was meant living solely on fish, fruit, wine, and meat--one presently attained to complete Swaraj or Control of Self, and might in time pass into the absolute Nirvana, or the Negation of Emptiness, the supreme goal of Boohooism.
As a first step to all this, Mr.Snoop explained, each neophyte or candidate for holiness must, after searching his own heart, send ten dollars to Mr.Yahi-Bahi.

Gold, it appeared, was recognized in the cult of Boohooism as typifying the three chief virtues, whereas silver or paper money did not; even national banknotes were only regarded as do or, a halfway palliation; and outside currencies such as Canadian or Mexican bills were looked upon as entirely boo, or contemptible.

The Oriental view of money, said Mr.Snoop, was far superior to our own, but it also might be attained by deep thought, and, as a beginning, by sending ten dollars to Mr.Yahi-Bahi.
After this Mr.Snoop, in conclusion, read a very beautiful Hindu poem, translating it as he went along.

It began, "O cow, standing beside the Ganges, and apparently without visible occupation," and it was voted exquisite by all who heard it.

The absence of rhyme and the entire removal of ideas marked it as far beyond anything reached as yet by Occidental culture.
When Mr.Snoop had concluded, the president called upon Judge Longerstill for a few words of thanks, which he gave, followed by a brief talk on the constitution of the United States.
After this the society was declared constituted, Mr.Yahi-Bahi made four salaams, one to each point of the compass, and the meeting dispersed.
And that evening, over fifty dinner tables, everybody discussed the nature of Bahee, and tried in vain to explain it to men too stupid to understand.
* * * * * Now it so happened that on the very afternoon of this meeting at Mrs.
Rasselyer-Brown's, the Philippine chauffeur did a strange and peculiar thing.