SUBATTE. 1750- 183 



LETTER IV. 



THE Parthians or Perfees (who are 

 defended from the ancient Verfians) are 

 the fecond nation which lives here. They 

 have been driven out of Perjia long firice, ac- 

 cording to Hamilton's new account of Eqft In- 

 dia, They adore the fire, the fun, the moon, 

 and the ftars. A Perfee cannot be perfuaded to 

 put out a candle any other way than by blow- 

 ing. I obferved once a little boy, who fate a 

 great while mumbling I know not what over 

 a burning candle-muif, which was purpofely 

 thrown on the ground : he fnapt his fingers, 

 and continued this till the lad fparfc was ex- 

 tinguished. They ought not to be called Ga~ 

 jres, becaufe Gaur, Ganfe, Gusbre, or Cafre, 

 fignifies an heretic, unbeliever, or heathen. 

 They have the whited skins of any among the 

 natives ; are lively, indefatigable, and are ge- 

 nerally employed in the meaneft oifices by the 

 Europeans, induced perhaps to undertake them 

 through necefiiry • for they arc more cpprcfT- 

 ed than the Gentoos, get into 1:0 places of 

 truft, and have not the refources which avail 

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