meeting an - inhabi tant , o rJ seeing a singledwelling. Sorbs water-fowlimnd
wood-pigeons- were'the reward offris toil; '
South of Pogue-, about?* mile beyond -the eity walls, thereis a plain,
overgrow® w ith .wild grass: and
low b ru shw o o d , and Bare p f timber trees, except where a sacred grove
maintains its venerable shade. A few wretched villages; are to be seen,
coHtaimagmot more than-twenty or thirty poor habitations. rSmall.spots
of land have been prepared by the peasants for tillage, who seem tovlivp
in extreme poverty, notwithstanding they possess in their .cattle the means
of comfortable -subsistence ; but they do not eat the flesh* and I was told
w>hat is remarkable enough* that they seldom drink the milk. Rice, gnapee,
a species of sprat which, when half putrified, is m adeinto a piekle, andnsed
as a seasoning ib r thmrricèÿ oil: expressed, from a small grain* with salt,
ate almost their only articles! of food. Their cowsnre diminurioe*ïresem:-
bling the breed on the coast-of Coromandel ; but the buffeloes are noble
animals, much superior to those o f India. I saw here, for the first" timeÿ
some o f a ligfbt-eream colour? they are used for draft and âgrièükiMiÊÿttnd
draw heavy loads on carts or »nail waggons, constructed with: considerable
neatness and ingenuity.:
The groves beforementioned are objects of no unpleasing contemplation ;
they are ‘the retreats of such Rhahaans or priests as devote: themselves to
religious seclusion, and prefer the tranquillity of rural retirement to the
noise and tumults of a town. In their choice of a residence they commonly
select the-most retired spots they can find, where shady trees, p a rticularly
the tamarind and banyan, protect them from th e noon-day sun.
In these groves they build their kioums, and herethey pass their solitary
lives. All kioums or monasteries, whether in town or country, are
.seminaries fote#fee':edneatiortv©f yoathvinwhi«hife>ySj®fiitjee#ai:n.iage,i:!are
taught their le tte rs a«d;>mstru£tedin moral a®d-#eIi^usi>dutiesivWo these
■^hnat« i;bft.nRighbhiiri^g.viUa.gersTs!e:nd^hfekchife'em(wheEe4-hfiy;a)i0iedf-
catedr gratis* no diatmctjtafcujbeing made--between- th ^ so n ^ q fj^ ia t^ a san t
.and feim who wears rfche tSaM%j><^t stehalgffi&obility.-iscA piece o f ground
contiguous to the-gaeafe-is inclosedfonaigard#^,^e^#pyM>y»yggetaMes
.and plantifruitrtriees ;(<theilndiaitisjyeet>lpata^ foejfflgithe
moat nutritious-, arepritaci pally cUftivafedi' fthe'ohar'itytg^tfes .Coptitxppeople
iUpplyit^tWah^tetlysBfith rice, and thefev^Hecessaries whichitheir m -
wants‘require. aaAbst^etedBftomiiall -warMlyi eemridBrariohsvBthaydQ
^Ho^i#eE^ly^^sei^^^tn'ftfec0lImmncQnce^ls■'»f^i9)fe? .They^^etdHif*.
fflelfriQFiaicrepfc of money,
jSJsTfre eiiyiarticlslnfcansequeace.manufactured lafc-Pfegue* ‘is silk, and
-®6’donf#l#ii4'h»A^oifce f e in o w n
stands’m > it;. is : - wrought wfrh-:-©Osrid©refcfe: dexfteriityp'dhe 4fr®Sad'is
well’ sptfn, 'and the*“ texture’of the w®b Strong< i t i&-mostly
:.ohe.cqitiered iiMe.She;:Scotch tartan. They make no more than what suffices
for their own consumption. fS
;: a lpjd^rewn-‘<rfTegHe:‘there.«reJ&nly:!thren pfetsftt'sr testdfesJtb©>Maywusb
-eff.ivkdrey, iwhiffiearank emittesvtfaem toodistiaotbn^ntfetese-'ar^tefcy'
jseVenty, sftifi.vigorcsds and .active*:whi^fttebeenas jihad distinguished hita-
aself by this prowess in former wars, mad obtained Ms.present post - asbthe
. reward of valour It Is® ibaiso-invested
the privilege ofweairing ©nfiis-head afgskWfeMeti, ito bas0*fWhtobfs*®ver
u sed ‘except on state occasions*. when i t exhibits a.formidable, representation
of the meager k n ig ^ iadpr®ed,witlhrMam^F*, 1f,,s helmet. ’ The Chefcey