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Geilon. They often marry their nieces and nephews to each 

 other, as naturally, for the purpose of marriage, they try 

 to find persons belonging to the same class. 



The caste of water and palankijn carriers, woodmen, and 

 similar people are called Chivias. As a rule they are fairly 

 intelligent and strong : they know how to carry a man in a neat 

 chair, with the help of long bamboos upon their shoulders, 

 for a distance of twenty to thirty miles in a few hours. They 

 are, however, so low-minded that they do not serve anybody 

 cheerfully, but only those whom they believe to be men of 

 consequence. 



There are also intelligent lawyers, doctors, surgeons, and 

 barbers. The medical men, however, have very little know- 

 ledge of anatomy, of things natural, unnatural, and contrary 

 to nature, which ought to be the basis of their science. 

 Thus their principal knowledge rests upon experience. Their 

 medicines consist of freshly plucked herbs and flowers, of 

 which they know how to make decoctions, stupes, poul- 

 tices, and the like. 



The class called Chittijs trade in cotton goods and other 

 wares. The Garreas and Mockuas are fishers. The Nallovas 

 are slaves and servants of cultivators ; they are unclean and 

 filthy, and perform foul and dirty work. The Parreas, 

 however, are filthier still : they do all the scavenging, eat 

 what others consider unclean. Those of a lower class are 

 compelled to show respect to those of a higher profession. 

 Some Cingalese earn their livelihood by music, playing on 

 drums, cymbals, horns, pipes, flutes, as well as by dancing, 

 tumbling, and outlandish gestures. Women and girls like- 

 wise skip, dance, and play for money. Their free movements 

 and uncouth antics, with limbs so little covered, are objec- 

 tionable rather than decent. They know how to whirl 

 round very swiftly when performing. 



The Cingalese, who are still heathen, are idolaters. They 

 believe in the objectionable teaching of the outwardly modest 

 Bramines or Bragmannen, who are their priests and 

 leaders in religion. These Bramines pretend to be moral 



