df0jl;ve Vhnbavten fx<f) bon benett bev gnbif^en & &
infel untevfd)etben t k (Sepleuefen finb vocber f0
flail!, nod) fo fd)6n gebilbet, a(0 bte SQlalabaven 2),
f)te le§temt wol)neu fett uubeubltdjctt geitcn tiid)t
blog in ben 0tabtcn an ben €eplotttfd)ett ^ligen,
fonbeni ne^titen aud^n^e &tgricte ein, wo fie tl;rc
SBilbatig, wie tlpce (&pradje unperdnbevt etfyaltcn l;a#
ben 3)* 2)te £ei)lonefen t&eilen M gletd) ben •Jjrn&ue
In mandjerlep €ageit ab, beten Vomcbte unb @e?
mrbe ober Vefcl)dfttgungen erbltd) finb, aud) bufd)
•tfUetbung unb anbete 01ebenmerfmal;le Pott etttanbet
. au0$etd)itett, wie in ^ iiib o jtanM V e f biefer aug
- 1) Percival p. 169.185. bef* fiber Knox p. 61.157.159.
2) Percival L f i The Ceylonese are of a middling
stature, about five feetheight, and fairer in*eom-
plexion, than the Moors and Malabars of the ^Con-
tinent. They are however at the same time neither
so w e ll made, nor so strong.
3) Knox 11. cc. bef* p. 159. This Plain is encompassed
round with Woods, and small towns amqng
them on every side inhabited by Malabars, a distinct
people fro pi the Chingulayes... Nor .Could
they understand the Chingulay language in \yh|eh •
we spake to them. Ueber bit bon ben (Ewloni d>ett
nerfd)i«benen Denfmdblern ber &tcbu0, Makinzie im
6ten SSanbe ber Asiat. Res. 426; 442. 442.
4) Ueber bie fallen in (SiMon, Percival 17a. et sq. p.
Asiaf. Res. VII. 433. etc. bef. Knox 66. etc. p,
terer fagt: Among this people there are divef.se and
spndry Casts, or degrees ofquality, which is not
according to their riches or Places of honour, the
' king promoter them to, but according to their
descent, and blood. And. wathever this honour
is, he it higher or lower, i it remains hereditary
from generation to generation. They ^ to eat or
drink, or intermarry with any of inferior quality
to themselves. The signs of higher or meaner tanks, |
fflUenbett Slefynlidjfett weidet bte Mafien ^ (E'umdjtung
tu (£et)lön in Pteleu @ tu d !ett bon ber unter ben Jgtn*
bttö dbt !? 5te ^prtefier madjen % :^eplo.n -Idn e befon*
^ere unb erbltd)e (Safte au0, 0 e l b j i bte p on iel)m geti
(SjeigltdKtt, bie lfttertna.n;ce0, werben unter ben $ o n ?
brewS ober © b le u , bte ben SR ajaputf ber $infeu0 ent?
(p re ß e n , g ew ä h lt, unb btefe gew a lk ten ^ r te flc r tbw
pen tbre prtegerlidje SSttrbe ablegen, ober tu bie S ßM t
g u r u c J b e ljr e n wenn fte w ollen x ) . @0 gib t iudSetyloa
eine SOTettfc^enctafle, bie eben fo tie f erntebrigt t f t ,
unb für eben fo unreitt g e a lte r t w ir b , al0 bte 9paria£
in jjin b o g a tt. 0 e l b g bte pornehniften $ o ttbrew 0 aber
tragen lettt Sßebenfett, bte fd)6^en VM bd )en unb $ B ei*
ber btefer V e rw o rfe n e n gu tl)rett V epfd)ldferitinett 511
w a g te n : unter bem V o rw a n b e , t a g fold)e 9)idbd)etx
unb ^B eiber nicht fur bie S c a n n e r , fonbertt n u r fu r
bie J r a u tn ber l)5l)eren S a g e n unrein, dber beflecf.ettb
fepeh 2 ) , 3 « j S ® (Seplon werben bie V lo ttb e tt, be*
fonber0 bte (Europäer hen ebelgen ^ in geb o b rn en gletd)
gead;tet, unb fte !6mtett bal)er auf biefetbige 2 lr t wol;*
n eu , unb geh bleiben w ie btefe 3 ) t e0 fd;eint
are wearing of doublets, or gojng barebacked
without them: the length of their Cloth bplow
their Knees their sitting on Stools, or op,blocks,
• or Mats spread on the ground: and in their caps, ;
1) Knox p. 74. Percival p. 260.
2) Asiat. Res. VII. 433. But many of them are forced
into the harams of the great, w h o have laid
it down, as a rule . that a Rodias woman is not
impure for the men of 'superior casts, but only for
their wives. 2lucb Percival p. 244.
3) Knox p. 187... to wear any manner of Apparel,
lither gold5 silver, or silk, shols and stockings,
a shoulder belt and sword; their houses may be
' whitened with lime, and many such like things,
all which the Chingulays are hot permitted to etc.