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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART III
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And the people do liberrally releive them for charity sake.
There is only one County in the Land, viz.

Dolusbaug, that pays not the aforesaid duty to the Moors Temple.

And the reason is, that when they came first thither to demand it, the Inhabitants beat them away.

For which act they are free from the payment of that Ponnam and have also another priviledg granted them for the same, That they pay no Marral, or Harriots, to the King as other Countreys do.
These Moors Pilgrims have many pieces of Land given them by well disposed persons out of charity, where they build houses and live.

And this land becomes theirs from generation to generation for ever.
[They respect Christians, and why.] They lay Flowers, out of religion, before their Images every morning and evening, for which Images they build little Chappels in their yards as we said before.


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