feats 'o f'deiHvity ® ® IW ife?nati?veshof ISiridostan hrgfrsèlla-
mótisit f& all this* dancers, and conj urors, who are at
aOyfltihïe Étend:j|0iiè3(®^‘9afe*feiiferSal|^ thé 'eötïtittëtllt
dtópïritefl and ©l^ëssëife under r which the* ï®hgtésg
havé sö; 'long gröandd, mayl-riMeehibe .supposed to have a'mong
thèm.1 eè&fegmsfedf«tBe .pracfcksö of their; original’ amÉfcemen|tsi
hut1 during the whole time of my stay on the island, and after
théJmifiutest inquiries, I'' never ’ feöuldbleattffibf "any'. -diveilÉtföS
in ?!Üse 'among the Candians. I t is indeed £ó be supposed» that
in^rtheir 7inöife flourishing state, they had, like other nations,
some iecsfeations ferrtheir leisure b o u rs e and Mri; Kho^ifetiWs
©heJor -fwo which in ;Ms timerstill-^ht&ródrdm qtdtiatöïfcfe^-
years: addi particular feitivalsc büfe!their; perpetual' «astrals t wife
the ïPortiiguese and- Dütch^yoih^.'i^Jtiie^ tlirMffly: of their.; öfe'i
interna! gdvërnniëhti' hat'e'-pröbablyrfeilgceé'dedfhalong^with ttfè
gloom" bf: fheir superstition, iuldèsfcröylrigrfeoseglimmerings p f
humane |and' social| jèmjo^ien^t! whjeh * !werh >jdatelbwgïöiöfflsg'ïito
break through the dark ferocity eflfeafeari$ni'i ;
During th e wet .seasfoiij thëGeyioriese:Iaresufrjefefefeö >if *ivarMty
of; diseases. Every, man-is ■ here Ifisbwn physician', and tlië^nióde
of cure practised', is of} course; very simple. S A-pMstiri» of herbs
or df cow dung is universally : applied to ' fee': -patel* -afiedtfed-;
and I have seen the same reihedy ‘ applied to *«^te#tififfg!fhigÉ
fëver, wfaenyhis whole body was
Eeprosy appears ftpi beg very prevalent among;; them, and1 the
streets of Golumbo? swatm wife* Gin^lesëT bëggarë > labouring &rider
this, distressing . disease!; I have seen some! <bf <thpe !©bjecfe with
their skansf-party-coloured, half black and half white;!Mrhfeis
disease1; leaves white ;.blotchè's and spots ’in'- all -those places' pf
the. skin , where- it breaks out,' and: fecis not noriommon'to sèe
©ne limb complptely .whilhyyfHilq^the JotHec.-yetains its. natural
black'.-colopE.
J>. fllhbddisease which particularly _excite$stheir- app^hensfeni is
'the- -small-pox. $ It. is. ’ looked uporu;as. - thejiinmediat'eq^istrument
of God's JVCn^eanee, and therefore they -"cfopnqb yentbremto use
ahyi Chaim's ofi incantations! fora their recavdiSyj&asi' they'1 ardt accustomed
’ to.;,do ■ih -alb«yfeheiJf!diseaiseS.oiJf napyhoi^sdies (.p^iity he
is ilooked ‘upbUkas aCerirsed, .-and feyeoqhis >body isudenred l t |p
-rites 'ofeburial. «It is carried out_ito|feqrir(i'nuiafrequented iplaCe,
aridth'erbs M ^w ith ’-a) few;bushes korplyriiTchesk©£j;trees'),fcsaqwn
fever to b e hb'pedxthatyn .imfeerConr-se.with our leoihife^-
me'n will hi tW& d o ;awayithese-igloopiyt notions rof.,fe.tality,i..pir^
that -the' 'effect! of^reniedies ce^u-thei Epjipe^ps;/^i% induc^ feg
Olives-also to' asdopt^theml, I t would bdssn j.pbj^|m^ovthyithp
*ratteritiOri{bf. ■G@*$&rfnmenfe foyeausC to. b.ey introduced iaykaaag: them
• feMnobhlafobnP tith e leawr-pox,;, which! 'haa>lately bfieh, discovered
q$r the deliverance mankind from .a .mostivfafeal pestilenee.
T h e J gd^erripr might insist that |aI4-the ehildrepgwithinsquiygu-
n-isdictioihshoold^ undergqi this operation,
^1 b Tbe -the' ’ C&ylono^e^ayi^pp^aijqt^e' bestq$hferb.y
'which- tobtrace out.' theiw origin-,»*but! if,nply»^eiye|tT*t©l<involve
our cGrijhhturesiiin greater obschr4ly. t -Their lariguageji appears
^almost completely peculiar: to »this. i^Jid;.ih.It a^hpokeh by^'none
o f-th e -Malabatso®r other nations on the Continentf of' In d ia;
“flbr can any-of »them be; "instRUCted imxt w-ithcwfeiOhnshieraMei dj£S-
ctftyl If I might b'e'*allo^edWohoffea»mit Qpbuoiif.?bn|griisd|gd^; 1
®£hat heqoires; the. pr.ofpund mvestigatiorv.hf ^ ^ l ^ n ^ l ^ I . s h s n l d
-tay (tlta® it ^appears td);me‘ .’mosfejhpariy,i?ll'i%di,:fei^ie^A6aidiviai|.,
T had ah opportunity)oft^bserving.^pMi^ilairitl^bsfe in-this
and in other; »respects between- these pegplff and! th e^ jy ld n ese.
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