HINDU RELmiON- m the ISLAND of BALI . 129 



which a refpe^lable acquaintance with the Malay language rendered 

 him perfectly competentv To the honor of all the parties concerned> 

 Imud obferve, that I met with the moiiperfecl candour aad opennefs, 

 without the kail; impatienGe or referve ; on the contrary, an anxious 

 defire to gratify my curiofity ; and even a fatisfa6lion difplayed at the 

 intereft apparently taken in what io nearly concerned them. Religious 

 intolerance, indeed, is a vice far removed from the difpoiitions of the 

 inhabitants of all thele iflatids^ whether MahoniedaYt or Hindu, 



When interrogated refpeding their religion, the natives oi Bali fay,,. 



that they are of the religion of Siva, fjgama, Siva), or of the religipfj- 



of BrjDDHA, fjoramd Buddha) ', but as almoft all knowledge of their. re« 



li'ion is confined to-its minifters, whofe opimors and dodlrines ,the 



people fupinely fubfcribe to^ it is ufual to fay *•' the religioii of the 



Brahmans of Siva," and "the religion of the 5r<7A'/?^rtx of Suddha/' 



■ ■ .• n- ■-]':''•' 

 inftead of more general appellations,. 



It is of the Hindui/m o^ the fefl of Siva only, that T can furnifli any 

 detailed information. The Buddhifts are few in number. In the ter- 

 ritories of the family of ^(:jr^77^-<^^772, conftituting perhaps not lefs 

 than one half of the ifland, there were but three fmall ditfrids chiefly 

 occupied by the worfhippers of Buddka and the fe v/ere diflant from 

 the part of the ifland which I viiited. The name of one of thefe dif- 

 trifts is vvortb'mentioning, for. the inference v/hich may be drawn from 

 it. It is called Deja Buddha Kling, which means the country of the 

 Bu ddhijls of Kalinga .. 



The followers of Siva fpoke of thefe of Buddha more with contempt 

 than hatred or rancour — the laft, indeed, are feelings not likely to be 

 cntertamed by any people for a fallen fe^l ; in v/hich light the Bud- 

 dijfis vvere evidendy looked upon. The Brahmans in their converfd<=i- 



