half European, is alt that is necessary T® procure the appellation
.©£ a
; .These people awe .found' in all- the European- settlements in
India, particuIaMy those ' belongin^^t^i th^ Dutchd who |a®iai$
form intermarriages with them. I t is in particular very common
, in , Ceylon. to see a respectable and wealthy.«pthitchman’
marriediita a-Eortiagpese.wonraptiof.: th is.:deseriptioia<;i^ conndo-'
tion' which our countrymen loohiiupdn with the-^^eatest abhorrence,
and would, .not enter into oir any ^account.*a -wThd
Ihdnhmeii aStedgeThat the. cause of -ifflese -intermarriages being:
S® .prevalent r i th a t scarcely any woman leaves Holland it<^com'e
to India except those, wh® arelalready marriedffcS
The manners o f the Portuguese' inhabitants-differs from those1
M: the Moors, Malabars, arid other MahomBtarisv They affect
rather to adopt those. of the Europeans; and- wear, hats instead
e f the turbans* and breeches in- place o f'th e /pieces of cfcthr
wliioh other. «Indians wear wrapped round their-, iv-ai-sts* stud
drawn together between their legs like loose trowsem. ^ A t pie-?
sent it is customary for any black fellow who1 ean procure a
hat and shoes, with a vest and breeches* and who has acquired
some little smattering of the ;catholic religion, to aspire to- the
title of a Portuguese,- a distinction of which he is extremely
proud.
Although the black Portuguese universally profess- the. Ghri^tian
religion* and are commonly. Roman Cathodes* yet tbfiy retain
many Pagan customs* a n d th e ir religion may be Considered as a
compound of both. They affect to deriYefeheirreligion as welf
a s .,their descent from the : European. Portuguese, though the
naule be almost the only thing they ; retain; of either. The
Hutch have allowed priests and- other missionaries : to go among
T h e m ; and^tber^taBp-’^ p n y ^ p ^ h e ib ^ y A o ^ p r s ^ e s s -{the P ro te s ta n t
*religi|)rt- bdtjbhss Hi jg^ngr^h they
■ a f - ^ ^ a i ^ h a i fa ire r than- th e a n p ^ a l a b i ^ f c p t .those
w h o r^&f$jb.a&o m j y ^ f ^ i ^ c r ^ h l e 't ^ f e e , -m&fjS|ke j l o e % d ;u p pn
,.a£Thfe offspring lS$§fjthe D u t o h M | l a | e r 4 h n O T b lo p d „ o f
»the E u rq p e a h v fP ig li^ ib j^ H a a s * -b e e ^
' f r e e l y a tra ee ;i.b eh in d v i^ Qm p je d e n s '^© f
’^S®nd am o h g d r f'© Q n ^ h r ^ M l F Q H ^ ^ ^ ^ y b l a 'Q k ^ i ^ .a s ic k ly
tawny T ja e s fiT h ^ ir - hairiUvfa<&iidss sblaoh -or, d a rk
.hnoivn, fe ;w a E n : d # ^ ^ thernu^bm
rgf^the ^M a h om e tu ^ ^ w om e n s^ip ^p f4 f% ^|,n d
m u ch dh% i<t€d ’ T o r . th e irp g u r e s • T h e ^ e i f e t e i a b o u t th e „m i€ d fe
sl |® d b r ,d a n k ,. a n d 1 ill-ma ,de |5<^0^fi^©asily*},tofbfe .d istin gu ished ,
jffifljffl whole sppera^erfrunshuppm'dr'iss B jfhfyijaifeTohd^o.;
a n d ’fh b o ry*1 a n d *,h e ve r *s tir qbtl|rwifchout%pi4 t iQ g ld h
(best _ c lp ^ p ^ ,;.iJ T h e y treacl^eroijs, effeminate, antj, »-pass
io n a t|p «¥ x c fe s s ?; and *r § tam ^ a ..m u c h of-Th© ^ h a ra ,e te r^ ft th e ir
^boasted r-prpgetutors, ..as^ to , b e d is tin g u is h e d fo r a rid ic u lo u s p r id e .
j L i ^ ^ f e f P ^ u g n e s e ,p f-^ E n r p p e i^ h q y f!jh a Ye
,o f ^ p h y ? g i flames, b e g in n in g y u th -jP o n d p i® * D o n P e r n a n d o *,;& & .
(T l ie y r fe a ^ m o r f g ^ a r ,c a $ t, and a re usuh-lly r ie s t ^ m e ^ t h e
^ ,p r s t ; rac,e;.p,f pqople/jin In d ia . -rO rig in a lly u i spurious a n d -to u t-
Tfast d rp p d -, i tb p y -retain ^ o n ly . the h^njjsh^Sy^whichVtarn^liQd th e
.characters, off tjheir anc esto rs; and th e y edmbittp a ll. th e vi£bs< o f
t|ie .E u ro p e a n s and In d ia n s , /w ith o u tt a n y | o f ytfeein1 v ir tu psn ..«
I t was from These*.black Portuguese;»,that dhe,troops known
.b y th e nam e ..$ > T o p ^ s ^ ^ t afcen. T h e y i jfe fe ca lled - % b~
cpfgssQS, |fQ u i|jw p a rin g hatsJ, ipstead o f ; tu rb a n s .; ;th.e w p rd topee, o r
4 >e a co rruption- ©f . t h e 'E r e n c h eJuk-
being , th e .te rm u s«d . jn .th p ir language fo r a h a t. T h e y
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