Ablution, or a Washing Away religious ceremony, which has been practised more or less by the followers of all creeds. The Mohammed and Brahmins arc very strict in their ablutions; and they occupy an important rank amongst other religious of India. The Ganges is considered by the natives as possessing a power of purification so great even, that if a votary cannot reach that river, and who calls upon it while bathing in another to cleanse him, he will be freed from all bis sins.