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agent such as soap should be used to cleanse the body before it is
rinsed with pure water. In the final washing of the body a non-
alcoholic perfume is to be added to the water.

Before washing the deceased the washer must make his inten-
tion. The body is then placed on its back, and the abdomen
(stomach area) is gently pressed so that any waste material may be
discharged. (See Illustration, page 222.) The washer's left hand
must be covered or wrapped with a non-transparent material
before washing the deceased, and it should be used when removing
.my unclean matter from the body. Cotton is placed in the open-
ings of the ears, nose and anus of the deceased after all unclean
matter has been removed. The washer, using the left hand beneath
the sheet which covers the area from the navel to the knees,
washes the private parts first.

After the private parts have been cleaned, the rest of the body is
washed, starting with the right side. The parts that are washed in
ablution are cleaned first.306 One should not put water into the