136 PétfA%fi 6e>liïtiib'&. ~
khdtcbehind it a large'- obloftg-fsfedne 'buildingfs^lpported in; front
iwdtli ^ïïkrë; and fe^ndëddfb^t6é'.:ieGdpti£^i^thé^€a'ndian ambassadors^'
A n-u-mbëd off bazars ‘ate - here':keptr ,bysi the native
löö^'-’and. ^ IM é li^ tb èy «ure >ab'undairtlyd&ppliedj swifch- vegetables,
drieéïl&Sh, and ffriiit. «
l i ’b ttós-'paftb&fi tl# >-pettah' are vast numbers o f carpenters;
smiths, land" artificers of various- s ö r t ^ -particularly workers in
$0&and> silver-.^ ■ Here arfe-Jalso a great numbed o f black. mer-
’dfttants, and canoplies, or hlapk • accountants as jljlsa manufacturers
and itad^fólsitt. fthw different - binds* of •. preci ous j stones
fbBnd'J'0 t;i©eylbn." '
»©iCólümbo s*taken' all together'is, -for its--size,^ene^-of-the- itfcfst
populous places in India. t «There:-is¥no part o f tbe’WQjld^wbere
so »m a i^ d iA iiG t -laugUapllftr^. spoken, or whi$h: c,oïiiains^|Ödi
a » ïife tu rê ! óf nations,' manners, and * religions." 'Besides- »Europeans,
apdcGÉlgï^X the proper natives*ef%he island, you meet,
S(&ttered>o*Wrthe town, almost every race of Asiatics-; Moors
of every class, Malabars, Travancorians, -Malays, Hindoos', Oen-
töósyt Chinese» Persians, Arabians,* Turks, Maldivians', Jïvians,
and natives of-all the' Asiatic isles; PersCesy or worshippers Of
fife; who f would sooner have their hopses burnt and dhemsèives
perish in the-flames, than employ any means *tS- extiliguishOit.
There are also a number off Africans, ^Cafi-eesy Büganëse;*a
mixed race>;trf Africafas- and Asiatics ; 1 besideS-Hhe-*'Mdff Casts,
people'^of colour,- and Other races which proceed from a i mixture
of the original Ones. Each of these different classes Of
people^ has its own manners,- customs, and language.
The language spoken most universally,- both by the l-Europeans
and Asiatics who resort to ; Columbo, is thé Portugdèse
of India, a base, -corrupt dialect, altogether different from' that
.Petiak o f 1 Columbo. ’ 13f
spoken in Portugal. 'I t may indeed be-considered as a barbarous
compound’ offa number of .Indiah,‘laflg,dages!uombined«Wi%b! sfea
veral' European," tamong Which the French is» vety* distinguishable.
Though this dialect'be* considered as > the mo£® ^U'JgarX of
any," yet it is ,a\'very msefubr and. eyb|t mec&sSsky* acquisition, aS
in ®9jbsf!o£>,the<Settlementsboni th e , coast,£ partioUlaplytdhose fyhich
haviet been, in. <|i£epossession Mfiather Dutch-, dt.^^Ceitriiiite'Wto
meet ’wMv'botldfMoors and Malabars iVho^pea'kf iti; -’On- fOey-
lon iff isi ‘particularly; useful’ tC . be'-understood ;»vand ImSdeCd' -with-»
oufesiffta person |fii^-4it ^impossible to imantsfin’ any*fc6n^er-sa-
tibiBlwith dhe .'Dutch dadiesy^aS, they seldom radfey^o©'fie ,'-m> alty
other.- ;'Thfe'.lastx®ii?emn^tance a goodhdgaVsBrpiIzed m^dbstrii
every Mother1 place-. I-'-always/ffound-ev^y^1iiihg^aoG0d ite d 'rvU]ga)r
Ithe 'particular'jabhofirence-ibffitfeedadi'es.e^And y’dftitlie Dutbbdad
dies^affiC^lurnbo, .hardly ovcanattemipt t©ikp0ak''^bS^Efitheir own
Emilies and ta'itheiE3(«swn connections in ‘Dntbhj. although!' i t ‘-is
w w m * am apll tn^t^ifeuteihtHteir fedhe*-
theoiulgar jPprtugoesejlfto »'their ^habits ©#* fr^Jigaft^ind
familiar 4<nteri^pxy?se with their- slaves, who all rth il^SeCt?
I : NotwitHstanding ■..the' difficulty -offadcess do I C-biutobopaadfits
total- w an tn o f-se e n j^ 'h a rb p u r for Mrge^y^^fMiff<|theirieM
ness off4her district ^wffe^e it , is v§ituf;t(^j, % d ItHe^vaKiety i f aP*
•tidies iwhich^iti’jaffords’jto' toimmerce,” render it tr p!4f©f "of ydSiay
cojjdd'erlabla!trade. I t i&ynuch frequerfed^dil this* account# bot’H
by Europeans» and the natives««/!:;tbe»f'diffefent -ceasls^iaf; Iiidial
andr the duties, onilsiifiports siand ■ export's»;- b s i ^ ' ’a :ife^ebdll;fbi
semes? consequence toisjgpveKmnent. I t is? from tfes district- that;
ilarge quantities;of yjhnamonuknd' pepper,idhe^i^aple#sp||ess3Sof
•the island, are yearly transported to E'to'q.j^.In ‘vcSkefe which
touch hdrelonlpurpQSeibnatheir-’rvoyaggdfrom 'Madras kn#Beni
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