tion, ancf arè flmdéff ;ihto\' sevfcral tribes* knówh by the names
óf" Lubbahs/'BefalaSl M a p le s,1" 10hittjys;^Cht>H&'‘s!/ and a few
Brahitiihgt^ttóey %re • dis’tingüishVd *%' ' wfearing a-Kttlè-s-ropnd
cripV-on^ théir--^closet shaven' heads. Thére?fi | \dlso > a* raete < of
MalabffAï?Gfound hërê sömewhat diffethig imitheir« appearance'
from thóée on thé-'continent. I Thiëséhlifferetifc tribes' Of foreign
settlers greatly exceed-in number thé hatïyeyÊeponèse; in the
district óf Jaffna. The Malabars arelèmployèd itt(tea*iufahSiiifc
fnrf,!'^é?tton/ cloths ,b&e. The'Chitt^s/5 and Lubbahsi trade ' in
ëlóths,?célieóes, -handkerchiefs^' &c. ah<T|o backwards andföïïwatds
tó thë 'coritinéht tocarryon this trade?.' T he; Lubbahs are '»Moors
and Mahometans. ■ The Belalas aié ïmhtefóüsqciliéy are chièfé*
ly husbandmen and attend to tillage and; rearing .édttUvi^These
are‘:extfemely litigious and quarrelsome i ; and, ialtKouglTprofessed
ehfMians, they obseryfe scarcely any of the ©rdinan'Ces'^of .oiip
religion; ~~They are in' some measure Pythagoreans;| !$ad<hsay
wheti a child, is born lame, blind,..or «dumb, that, f t . ,was for*
hferlyUhfe soul of a person, who mpsi»;haveJdéserved fïhis punishment
by. his actions in a" former state. They are extremely
SuperslW^sV *and attached' to many of the rites’lof: paganisftn t
The Choliars and Chiyiari do thé hard work; are porters,*
palankeen bearèrs/and water earners; though some-are descent
ded from the higherorder, and will-only carry: file great:mén.
The Panias and Pariars are the fisherineh,' as- also!the Mokkouasi
Thé «Nalloaus are the blackest of alt »the tribes. They gather
t t e ’ toddy fföm fhe Cöéöa^fëes, -make arrack, tend the cattle
and are'labourers and Cctolies. The Pariars are accounted the
lowest and most despicable. All these in some measure ipafc*
take of the Ceylonese ; customs and habits of hfe,hmingled#ith
their own. ; They inhabit -various parts of the north-wèst coasts
tf^ fey lo h :1 took great pains to convert these pëéd
pie t6: thé rëfArtied 'r^lfgiofh;>râ(t least*by their own-accounts*
ÿfet* a stitfri^ hankering âftfer3 pdgahism stilt remains amorig -those
fribek’.''
...../'Those I first mentic e d #fere'înédèed : m a n y ',ÿéh’m-,a^5i ' by
thevéncdüfàgemerifs Held'but1 to ‘them’ }by the Dutch, to ’pass
bva’r' from the^CoXomaiidel' cb&stv:aHd J'tarry é n 'h é re ’a ‘Variety
M nianufaftures,^f|neh J as Tt*oa^èe-1 rclëth^, ^aliéoëàÿ ’ hhhdkërcèfeis;
smwls? àôckiii^,n'& ^ 'T h ë ié attfèlétf'wefe’all ma-dè from-the
fem -'.grpV-fng on the hsMntf;>Jhn'(ï to JHisp.dily^ the 'distribCof
Jaffrla is th èJonlyJ p '|rt b ï -Qeyiofr where manufactures1-d f' th is
Soft ëbHtlhùé1 to be’1 carried oh, vfith the exceptibrf''of1 a "very
few ' âbcfdt 'Cdlrimbov; ! ;
Jf At Jaffna therè a fë ’àlso;”â- nunlbef of handicraftsmen/ such
as^gpldsmffhl/ jewellers/' joiridfs] tmd makers'’ o|- a l l d'ïffëjëdt
parts' p f Hooeéhôld' furnitdre. They are' very* ëkpert'-'^é tlrëir
respective opérations Ppaiticuldrly that rade known in this island
bjH th é name- of / Portuguese, who'surpass’ all tlfe> r é s t'in’-thé
beahty and dektqrity ’Of1 their * workmanship.
/Dependentupon thé 'district' of Jaffna, arid àt a’'sm?âîl dis^
tance i n f the ‘s ë à , tHé° nbrifi-wé^’ofj P6pit‘(Pédfo, >aVe 1 s'ève-1
ràl small islands, which tKè Dutch' ‘îriathéd® from their own nat-
ti^ J citles, IJelft, Haarlem, Leydëri|r and Amsterdam:^ Th'ésë
islands théy 'employe® in! brehclidg' h'drses^and^criftlh, as' from
their, eïèdllerit pastura1|iè tiiey’ àrë better adapted'to’ this purpose
than arié“ pàrt ô ^ ^ é y fe ^ f.:;The ÉriglKh'!gq^rri'méhtltc6tiSJ
trhües: the' same system'.1 :/; The horses are bred’ ündër the süper^
ihtëhdarice' Offoffifcers appointed ^jfôr ^ n e ’ipdipose; find, whed-at
a^prOpePégh, (hrè dispbfed of bir^àccènrit' oFî^Vdfritnënt. Ç<It
wbûld b é : tmjust| to ’ 1pas§;''fühnofioèd ’: th é friany iiripi-oveméSts'