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Art. XV.—An Essay descriptive of the Manners and Customs of the Moors of Ceylon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

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The several ceremonies and external observances of religion practised by the different castes of Tamils or Hindús, having been made the subject of a former Essay, my present intention is to particularise those which are peculiar to the Moors, as far as they have come within the reach of my observation; and also to note the striking similarity they bear to the ceremonies of the Jews. I shall first, however, offer a few preliminary remarks on their origin, and on the etymology of the various epithets by which they are commonly designated and distinguished among other tribes of natives.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1836

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page 340 note 1 The Arabic name for Egypt, corresponding with the Mizraim of the Scripture, and Misrast'han of the Puránas.

page 340 note 2 A small round table with three feet, and a span high, on which the Moors place their rice-plate while eating out of it.

page 341 note 1 Genesis, xxix.

page 341 note 2 Samuel, I., xviii. 25.Google Scholar

page 341 note 3 Hosea, , iii. 2.Google Scholar

page 341 note 4 A kind of drum.

page 342 note 1 Joshua, , v. 6.Google Scholar

page 343 note 1 Lawsonia inermis.

page 343 note 2 The flavour of which is very like strawberries and cream.

page 344 note 1 Isaiah, , iii. 21.Google Scholar

page 344 note 2 Isaiah, , iii. 18.Google Scholar

page 345 note 1 Sesamum Indica.

page 345 note 2 Bassia Longifolia.

page 346 note 1 Ezek. xvi.

page 346 note 2 Lev. xii. 6, 7, 8.

page 346 note 3 Gen. xxi. 8.

page 347 note 1 Gen. xvii. 12.

page 348 note 1 Amos, v. 16; Jer. ix. 17; Job, iii. 8; xxvii. 15.

page 349 note 1 Psalm lxxii. 6.

page 349 note 2 Job, iv. 17.

page 349 note 3 Lib. iii. cap. 1.