﻿4^4- A^r account of the bazeeg«jrs, 



appertainin<T^ to the same class as the Bazr-egurs, and 

 equally w'itn tiiem, ter.necl JVuts, I have herewith 

 aniiexerl a sliort accou.jt of them al.>o. 



The Panc/tpeeree, or Biideea Nuts differ from the 

 Cazecgurs in many points; thoii2;h probahly in their 

 manners tlicre will i^e found a stronger similitude to 

 tlie gypsies of Eur >;>e, tinn in those of any others 

 which mny owai under review. 



1 hey have no particular system of religion, adopt- 

 ing with indifference that of the vihage near to 

 M'hich thi'v happen to be encamped ; however I ima- 

 gine, when left to themselves, under the in'.pression 

 of imniediate or impending ill, the goddess Kali ge- 

 ncrciily obtains the preference, indeed the inflitcnce 

 of til is deity often extends to the lower orders in 

 Bengal, whether they be Hindoos* or Moosulmans. 

 The Panchpteree^ \^aiider in companies in the same 

 manner, and inhabit, if^.I may use the word, huts, 

 of a similar form and fabrication as the Bazeegurs. 



Tlie m:^n are remnrkably atldetic, and also Viimble 

 and adioit in every kind of slight of hand, practising 



juggling 



racpsy hsuses, or f.-niUies, as peeree, occasionally seems to bear that 

 inrerpreiafion, t!:o':^h it certainly may admi" of others. In this place, 

 however, ic probably rarhci applies to these people as conformists to 

 whatever religious system ncy be the order of the day in their pe- 

 regrinations over H'tndooitan. 



* It must strike the attentive traveller with astonishment to learn 

 in how many observances the vari,His Moosulman tribes copy the 

 Hindoos, and vice versa. Among the votaries of Kalee rhe de- 

 generate race of Portuguese will also often be found; so powerful 

 is the influence of moral aid physical causes in the lapse of ages from 

 the conquered on the conquerors, in spiie of religious bigotry and na- 

 tional prejudices, 



+ In the upper provinces of Hindoostan the little encampments of 

 these people are frequently very regular and neit, being taere 

 f:)rined of the Siikee entirely. Each apartment, though hoc much 

 larger than a masiilPs kennel, has its own particular enclojure or court 

 yard, generally erected in such a manner as tobL='.'ome a species • of 

 circumvallation to the whole portable hainler, which, at first sight, 

 reminds \- traveller of Lillipur or Fairy Land. The appearance of 

 the people alone can undo the decepiion, and then even one cannot 



help 



