[34] Red and white wine: the latter is the favourite.
[35] The Hindostanee name for the cannudo.
[36] Goez, who travelled in India about 1650, says that he was surprised to see the image of a black saint on the altars, and to hear that a black native was not thought worthy to be a “religious” in this life, though liable to be canonized when he departs it.
[37] Bernier, the traveller, in 1655 remarks, that “Bengala is the place for good comfits, especially in those places where the Portuguese are, who are dexterous in making them, and drive a great trade with them.” In this one point their descendants have not degenerated.
[38] Many tribes, however, are found among them. Some have African features.
[39] Without the cholee or bodice worn by Hindoo and Moslem women in India.
[40] Leavened bread is much better made here than in any other part of Western India; moreover, it is eaten by all those who can afford it.
[41] Anciently, neither Moslem nor Jew could, under pain of death, publicly perform the rites of his religion in any Indo-Portuguese settlement.
[42] At the same time we were not allowed to pass the threshold of the little pagoda to the southward of the town.
[43] Tavernier says of them, “the natives of the country called Canarins are not permitted to bear any office but only in reference to the law, i.e., as solicitors, advocates, and scriveners. If a Canarin happened to strike a European, his hand was amputated.”