Book I. Travels in I N i > i k 7 7 



lar^e, at leaft not Co eafie Conquclts in the Indies. Thefe Blacks arc very 

 iboragious and good Soldiers, and feveral of the Religious Ord< ts haveaflur'd 

 foe that they will learn more in fix months in one of their Colledges, than 

 the Portugal Children in a year, -whatever Science you put them to ; which is 

 t \ v - reaibn that the Portugal* keep them fo low. The natural Inhabitants of 

 the Country about C7<^, are Idolaters, and worfhip feveral iorts of idols, which 

 rhey '-'V * Te the Refemblance of feveral that have done good works, to Whom 

 fhcV on 1 ;!!!" to give praife by adoring their Portraitures. There are many of 

 thefe idolaters who worfhip Apes. And therefore in the Ifland of Sal/etc, there 

 *a$-a Pagod, where the Idolaters kept in a Cheit, like a Tomb, the Bones and 

 Nails of an Ape, which they laid had been mighty ferviceable to their Anceftor.f, 

 | )V bringing news and intelligence to them, when any hoitile Princes profecuted 

 them ; for which purpofethey would fometimes iwim through the very Sea 

 it fclf The Indians come from feveral parts in proceflion, and make Offerings 

 to this Pagod. But the Clergy of Goa, efpccially the Inquifitors, caus'd the 

 Tomb one "day to be taken away, and brought it to Goa, where it remain'd a 

 <rood while, by reaibn of the difference which it made between the Ecclefiafticks 

 and the people. For the Idolaters olfering a great fum of Money to have their 

 Reliques again, the people were willing to have reftor'd them ; faying, that the 

 Money would do well upon any occafion of War, or elfe to relieve the poor. 

 But the Oer^y were of a contrary opinion, and maintain'd that mch a piece of 

 Idolatry was not to be endnr'd upon any account whatsoever. At length the 

 Arch-Bifhop and the Inquifitors, by their own Authority, took away the Tomb, 

 and 'ending ir m a Vcilel twenty Leagues out to Sea, caus'd it to be thrown 

 t0 ;c bottom or the Ocean. They thought to have burn'd it, but the Idola- 

 u . ; WO uld hare rakM up the Ames again, which would have been but a new food 

 ro their Superftkion. 



There are in Goa abundance of Clergy-men 5 for befides the Arch-Bifhop and 

 hkClergy, there are Dominicans, jiujrin^ryars a Francifcam, Barefoot Carmt- 

 fo fSj hfuits, and Capuchins, with two Religious Houfes, whereof the Aujtin- 

 Pryars are Directors or Governours. The Religious Carmelites, that came lait, 

 are the beft feated ; for though they are fomewhat at a diftance from the heart 

 of the City, yet they have the advantage of a fine Air, and the molt healthy 

 fcittiation in all Goa. It Hands upon a riling ground, free to the refrefhment of 

 the Wind 3 and it is very well built, with two Galleries one over the other. 

 The stiijHn-Fryars, who were the firft that came to Goa, were indifferently well 

 feated, at the foot of a little rifing ground, their Church alio Handing upon a 

 riling ground, with a fair Piaxg* before it ; bur when they had built their Ha- 

 bitation, the hfuits defir'd them to fell that rifing ground, which was then a 

 void place, under pretence of making a Garden in it for the recreation of their 

 Scholars. But after they had purchas'd it, they built a moft ftately College 

 upon the fame ground, which quite flops and choaks up the AvfEm-Fryars Co- 

 vent, fo that they have no Air at all. There happen'd feveral Conteits about 

 this 'bufinefs, but at length the fefuitt got the better. The fefiufts at Goa, 

 are known by the name of Pa*iifh\ by reafbn that their great Church is dedi- 

 cated to St. P.iiil. Nor do they wear Hats or Corner-Caps, as in Europe, but 

 only a certain Bonner, reiembling the Skull. of a Hat without the Brims ; fome- 

 what like the Bonnets which the Grand Sautrs Slaves wear ; of which I have 

 given you a description in my relation of the Seraglio. They have five Houfes 

 in Goa, the College of St. Paul, the Seminary, the Profeflbrs Houfe, the No- 

 viciate, and the Good Jefus. The paintings in this Houfe are admirable pieces 

 of Workmanfhip. In the year 1663 the College was burnt by an accident 

 which happen'd in the night, fo that it coft them near fixty thoufand Crowns 

 to rebuild it. 



The Hofpital of Goa was formerly the moft famous in all India. For in re- 

 gard the Revenues thereof were very great, the fick perfbns were very care- 

 fully look'd after. But fince the change of the Governours, there is but very 

 bad accommodation 5 and feveral of the Europeans that have been put in, have 

 never come forth again, but in their Coffins. However, they have lately found 

 out a way to fave fomc by frequent Bloodletting. They let Blood fometimes, 



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