362 Journal of the Asiatic Sociely of Bengal. 
de, p* loqual lleuan vnas rosas, 
y mojadas peganlas al pagode, 
y estan postrados y muy de 
uotos esperando su ventura, 
org’ si caen prim® las del 
lado derecho, tienen por cierto 
¢’ todo les sucedera bien ; y si 
caen primero las del isquierdo, 
graja, o si algun perro ladro a 
su puerta, o si cayo algun gu- 
sano en su cabeca, &c.; v p* 
q’ el pagode les quiera respon- 
der offrencele gallos muertos, 
oe arroz, cabrones, carne- 
; y todo esto es p* los jo- 
~ 
hombres no lo 
leudtarian.! Y esto mismo 
hazen al t po de sembrar, y la 
valados de sus heredades q 
estan junto de la mar, porq’ 
cuydan q’, qn“° el mar anda 
leuantado, es la ira de dios q’ 
gouierna aquella parte. 
! Later addition. 
[N.S., XVIII, 
de; for this they bring some 
roses, and, after wetting them, 
stick them to the pagode, 
and they lie prostrate and 
very devout. waiting tor their 
luck ; for if those of the right 
side fall first, they consider it 
certain that all will go well 
with them; and if those of 
the left fall first, they under- 
take nothing.' The same 
when, going out of doors, they 
hear the croaking of a crow, 
ora dog barked at the door, 
or a worm fell on their head, 
c 
goats, and sheep, and all re 
is for the jogis, who are the 
ministers 
[the pagode] certain slippers, 
., sandals, because they 
said that the whole night he 
went about fighting the other 
gods to protect his people, 
holding a stone so big that 20 
men would not be able to lift 
est ies same they do at the 
of sowing, and they 
sprints the blood of these ani- 
mals, as something holy, in the 
enclosures of their fields which. 
are near the sea, because they 
think that, when the sea is 
stormy, it is the — of god, 
who rules that part. 

| Mgr. Dalgado has pr following 
in — sontiec tion 
hoto seo as flores. 
o 
munidades de Goa, p 



