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other. Give the priest a small corner in a verandah and he 

 will, by degrees, take the whole house, i.e. turn you out. If you 

 ask him to get himself married, he has the impudence to say 

 that his village fees include everything (whatever that may 

 decently mean). If a woman makes that request he will shame- 

 lessly ask her to marry him. If money is paid to a Brahman 

 for favours (official or otherwise) it is only a gift or alms, but 

 if paid to aclerk of another caste— it is a bribe ! Brahmans die of 

 excessive eating. Priests care only for their gains, may the 

 bride or the bridegroom die. In one proverb a non-Brahman 

 says, "Oh God, do not give me the birth of a Brahman- priest 

 who is never satisfied and is ever begging." The Deshasth or 

 Dekkan Brahman, as distinguished from the Konkanasth, is 

 less polished, ^ untidy, and simple. Further south in Kanara 

 where Dra vidian blood predominates even in the higher grades 

 of the society, we are told not to trust a black Braliman or a 

 fair Holeya. A warrior's valour is no match for a Brahman's 

 cunning. Only one Brahman was ruined by trusting in many 

 gods, but many men were ruined by trusting a Brahman. 

 Brahmans in a town are crabs in a tank. Whatever a Brahman 

 does, is for the manes of your ancestors. Brahman's hatred is 

 unbearable. Anger not a hungry Brahman for fear of his curse. 

 Uo not abduct a woman from a Brahman's house. (24) The 

 Chamar or shoe- maker in Gujerat and Kathiawar is ranked 

 with the Dhed. As he lines drums, it is said that music is 

 always played m his house. Although he makes shoes, his 

 wife is so poor tnat she gets none to wear. He must not ex. 

 press opinions except in regard to his trade. In the Ma rath a 

 country, he never keeps his word as regards the completion of 

 the shoes entrusted to him. He always looks at the feet, he can 

 ^>L ^f 11 ^ by beating with shoes; there is always a 

 ?&? Th n nu° U - e : he ls , absent -mmded, evasiveand inquisitive. 



Inr h!?. , PaS0 I r J CaliC °- printers of Gu Jerat and Kathia- 

 war tiave no knowledge of accounts. (20) The native Chris- 



turns (among whom are included the Goanese domestic servants 

 n!nr^rT an8) f a n becomin g impudent. (27) The ChunarAs or 

 aUv Z™\™ ?L^u T& l a / e q uarr ekome though constitution 

 Sect ? Sj Th ^ girS ° r ^-maker. of Bind cannot 

 stS ll l~ V P } . In Gu J erat ' the Darji or Tailor will 



he de m Jr a 8m f Piece ° f th0 cloth entrusted to him, and 

 and filt *T e l for * ewin S foresooth! (30) In Kathiawar 

 vised to vninf a ?^ aS are Called Dekkanis. You are ad- 

 mWreU^ll en nt PWith them " < 31 ) Th * low singing 

 tlvafin hoA i Wl11 d ° DOthin ^ but «'** * the marriage fes- 

 he S V a coul f SG -- (32) o^ Dhagda Biol- himself rich, if 

 the AKrarh* ? f ™*' ^ The Dhan ** r ™ *epberd of 



Kathiaw^ L 1T7 /* ; lWn ^inded. (34) In Gujerat or 

 lep : Ii th TI °"r h ° f ? )hed Po"»te,. He is poor, despised, 



deposed. The Gnjerathis and Kathiawaris complain that 



