1922 | Father A. Monserrate, S.J., on Salsete, etc. 363 
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They were much given to 
pagodes, and each caste has 
its separate pagodes, so much 
so that there were 360 in this 
island, each with its separate 
revenues, which were spent 
on the day of its feast, and on 
the ministers serving the pa- 
gode, and on the _ public 
women and danceresses who 
lived in the pagode for all 
y had 
gods of war, of the sowing 
season, of fortune, of life, of 
death, and above all the devil- 
god, whom they serve and 
reverence most, and they call 
invoke him as 
such, for he is feared, and 
they are people who are much 
swayed by fear and interest. 
and they think that he will 
burn their rice and destroy 
shape in which he appears to 
them. Indeed, it is a great 
pity to see how great a domi- 
nion the demon has over those 
them [the pagodes], many 
women dedicate themselves to 
be used by as many as like. 
And there was a pagode of one 
thousand slaves and 500 
de as a prostitute. 
