The hearers, singing likewise, follow his example.

Their ever-increasing excitement finds expression in the highest possible jumps.

This they continue as long as they can--men and women alike yelling like enraged savages.

When all are thoroughly exhausted, the leader declares that he hears the angels singing"-- and then begins a scene which cannot be here described.
It is but fair to add that we know very little of these peculiar sects, and what we do know is furnished by avowed enemies.

It is very possible, therefore, that some of them are not nearly so absurd as they are commonly represented, and that many of the stories told are mere calumnies.
The Government is very hostile to sectarianism, and occasionally endeavours to suppress it.