82 T '■avels into tk IN DIE S. Part IIL 
A Cow ot There is another day of rejoycing, whereon they make a Cow of Pafle , 
I'ai^f. which they fill full of Honey, and then make a faftiion of killing it , and 
break it to pieces -, the Honey which diftills on all lides, reprefents the Blood 
of the Cow, and they cat the P^lle inikad of the Fleili. 1 could not learn 
the Original of that Ceremony^-, as for the C<j/r*r or Rafpoutes ^ except that 
they eat no Pullets , they (as the reft of the infcriour Cartes do) make ufe 
of all kinds of Filh and Flelh, unlefs it be the Cow , which they all have in 
veneration. 
The Gentiles The Gentiles generallj^ are great Farters^ and none of them let a fortnight 
Falling. over without mortifying themfelves by Abftinence, and then they Faft 
four and twenty hours; but that is but the ordinary Faft,for there are a ereac 
many Gentiles (and efpecially Women) who will Faft fix or fevendays-, 
and they fav, there are fomc that will Faft a whole month, without eating 
any more than a handful of Rice a day , and others that will eat nothing at 
o-utta, a Roor. all, only drink Water,in which they boyl a Root,called Criata,which grows 
towards Cambaye^ and is good againit many diftempers -, it makes the Wa- 
ter bitter, and ftrengthens the Stomach. When a Woman is at the end of 
one of thefe long Falts,the Bramen her diredor, goes with his companions to 
the Houfe of the penitent , beats a Drum there, and having permitted her 
to eat, returns home again. There are fuch Fafts many times among the 
Vartias, the Somes, and other religious Gentiles of that Province , and they 
accompany them with feveral other mortifications. 
ReligiousCom- Now I navc mentioned thefe Religious Gentiles , I would have it obfer- 
munities. vcd, that in all the Indies there is no religious Community amongft the Gen- 
tiles , belonging particularly to one Cafte or Tribe : For Example, There 
is not any,whereinto none arc admitted but Bramens or Raff out es ; if there be 
a convent of Sogues any where, the Community will confift of Bramens , 
RafpoutesyComris, Banians and otner Gentiles -, and it is the fame in a convene 
of l^artias^ or acompany of F<r^«ir/. I have already treated of both thefe , 
as occafion offered. 
CHAR XLVIII. 
Qf the Province of Baglana , and of the Mar-- 
riages of the Gentiles. 
The yearly Re- *T^He Proviucc of is neither fo large , nor do's it yield fo great a 
venue of Bag- \_ RcvcnUe as the other nineteen \ for it pays the Great Mogul a year but 
Lma. Seven hundred and fifty thoufand Fnncb Livres -, it is bordered by the Coun- 
trey of Teknga , Guz,erat^ BalagatCy and the Mountains of Sivagi \ the Capi- 
Mouic: tal Town of it is called MotTler. Before the Moguls, this Province was alfo 
Thx Peytupiefe of Decan , and at pre fc lit it belongs to iWoj^o///?d!« -, by it the Porf«^«f/p border 
^Mo^ll Coun "P°" ^^^^ Moguls Countrey, and their Territories begin in theCountrcy of 
trey^ Daman. 
Daman. The Town of Daman that belongs to them , is one and twenty Leagues 
from Sttrrat, which is commonly Travelled in three days. It is indifferent- 
ly big, fortified with good Walls, and an excellent Citadel \ the Streets of 
it are fair and large, and the Churches and Houfes built of a white Stone , 
which makes it a pleafant Town. There are feveral Convents of Religious 
Chriftiansin it -, it depends onGo^, as the other Tortuguefe Towns do, efpe- 
cially as to Spirituals, and the Bifiiop keeps a Vicar General there. It lies 
Portuguefi at the entry of the Gulf of Cambaje ; and the Tortuguefe have Slaves there of 
Slaves. both Sexes , which work and procreate only for their Mafters , to whom 
the Children belong, to be difpofed of at their pleafure -, from Daman to 
Bajfaim 
