Chap.XL V. A Defer ipion 0/ C E Y L O N. 
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TbeChurch 
Mayletci. 
pecially thatof Telipole, where the je- 
fuitsufed to reprefenc certain Hiltoriesof 
the Bible to the People on Holidays. 
TheChurcb About half an Hour thence ftandsthe 
Mallagam. Church Mallagam of good Brickwork, 
with an adjacent Houfe built upon two 
Arches, and a handfom pair of Stairs 
leading to the top of it. The Church was 
begun tht For tuguefes^ but finifii'd by 
the Dutch. It has 200 School-boys, but 
not above 600 Auditors. 
The Church Mayletti is about 5 Quar- 
ters of an Hour from Telipole. Here are 
750 Schoolboys, all taught by one Maf- 
ter, who has more work than the two at 
Teltpole : the Auditors of this Church a- 
mount to 1 500 or 1 600. The Church is 
a large Structure of Stone j the Houfe 
belonging to it is lofty, with a Balcony 
on the top of it, affording a very fine 
Profpedt into the main Sea, fo that it 
may well deferve the Name of Belle 
videre. The Church is not above half 9 
Mile from the Sea- fide. They abound 
hereinFifh, fuch as Crabs, Soles, Plaice, 
<b'c. as likewife in Hares and Partridges. 
'hfavellt' Church Achiavelli lies about two 
c uve 1. fj.Qjjj Jeiipoie^ it jg a Urge and lof- 
ty Strudure built of Scone, capable of ^^/^/^^ 
containing 2000 Perfons i it was not fi- (_,/'v>J 
nilhM till in our time. The Village lies Pleujant- 
extremely pleafant among the Woods, 
ftor'd with valt Quantities of Turtle- *" 
Doves, which cue at certain Hours three 
times a day, and ferve the Inhabitants 
inftead of a Clock, to know the time of 
the Day, They have alfo Plenty of Hares, 
Stags and Wild-Boars, but are alfo an- 
noyed by the Serpents. 
As divers old Brahmans live in this 
Place, fo were the Inhabitants not fo 
forward in embracing the Chriftian Re- 
ligion the antient Brahman^ named Pbi- 
lippOj does not want the Knowledg of 
the Fundamentals of our Religion, but 
is more inclinM to the Hiflorical, than 
the Doftrinal part. Among others there 
lived here a certain Brahman., a Learned 
Perfon, with whom I ufed to have fre- 
quent Converfation, whilft I liv'd at A- 
cbiaTfelli j he was baptized at laft in the 
^6th Year of his Age, and afterwards 
writ the Hifiory of the Life and Paffion ef 
our Saviour., in a lofty Poetical Stile, in 
the Latin Malabar .,ca\Vd Hanfcreet, which 
Is quite different from the common MaUt" 
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