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tion often lefc fall expreflions, which fhe wed that they entertained n© 

 Tefpe6l whatever for the followers of the oppeiit-e wor&ip. The fe<ft 

 of Siva may indeed be denominatedthetiational religion. It is the 

 •Tcligion of nine-tenths of the people, of every fovereign en tlie 

 iiland, and of every man m -power, 



■v 'Th-e followers of Siva on BaiidiVQ. as in wellern India divided into 

 four great claiTes or cafts, viz. a pricflhood, a foldiery, a mercantile 

 cla fs, and a fervile clafs, refpeflively thus denominated ; Brahmana^ 

 ^airiya, Wifiya and Sudra. Making due allowance for the imperfec- 

 tion of the alphabets in ufe among the tribes of the oriental iilands, I 

 believe theTe terms will not be found to dilTer much from the original 

 ortliography; an obfervation which as far as I can judge, applies to the 

 numerous clafs of words -introduced from the Sanjkn't, The following 

 origin of the cafls was diftinctty ftated by the Brahmans. "The god 

 Brahma produced the firj^?w^«iS from his mouth, which imports wifdomi 

 jhzSatriya from his cheft, which imports ftrength and government; 

 the Yfijiya from the abdomeog which implies that it is his bufinefs 

 to furnif/i fubfiftence for the fociety ; and the Sudra from the feet, 

 which implies that he is deftined to obedience and fervitude-" The 

 Brahmans made this Ilatement without my having put any queflion that 

 could lead to it ; for which reafonit is that I repeat what to the Hindu 

 fcholar muil have the appearance of mere common place* The inllitu- 

 tion of the cads is termed by the Balinefe^ Ckator.jahna, 



The Brahmans are held in high refpefl ; they will not condefcend ta 

 2idi with any inferior clifs. It is held tmwortky of a Brahman to 

 humble himfelf before any individual ; and he will hardly deign 

 to make a common obeifance even to his prince. To fit on the 

 ground is derogatory to his rank. To fupercede the neceffity of 

 liis doing fo, I obferved that at Blelling in the apartment where the 

 Muja received us, there was conftratted a permanent feat well railed 



