An Account of the Island of Ceylon: Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manner and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants; to which is Added, the Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy ...C. and R. Baldwin, 1803 - 420페이지 |
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41 페이지 - ... or market-place before each ; the multitude of boats returning in the afternoon from the pearl banks, some of them laden with riches ; the anxious expecting countenances of the boat-owners, while the boats are approaching the shore, and the eagerness and avidity with which they run to them when arrived, in hopes of a rich cargo ; the vast numbers of jewellers, brokers, merchants, of all colours and all...
155 페이지 - Catholics, but are directed entirely to their own superstitions, and intended as preventives against the influence of the evil spirits which surround them. The immortality of. the soul and the resurrection of the body, are tenets firmly believed among all the Ceylonese. They believe that the souls of the just are immediately after death admitted into the rank of gods, and that their ancient prophets and good kings are long since employed in exercising the powers of this station : while...
41 페이지 - ... cargo ; the vast, numbers of jewellers, brokers, merchants, of all colours and all descriptions, -both natives and foreigners, who are occupied in some way or other with the pearls, some separating and assorting them, others weighing and ascertaining their number and value, while others are hawking them about, or drilling and boring them for future use: all these circumstances tend to impress the- mind with, the value and importance of that object which can of itself create this, scene.
41 페이지 - There is perhaps no spectacle which the island of Ceylon affords more striking to an European, than the bay of Condatchy, during the season of the pearl fishery. This desert and barren spot is at that time converted into a scene which exceeds, in novelty and variety, almost any thing I ever witnessed.
41 페이지 - ... fished in one year, they are divided into three or four different portions, which are fished one portion annually in succession. The different portions are completely distinct, and are set up separately to sale, each in the year in which it is to. be fished. By this means a sufficient interval is given to the oysters, to. attain their proper growth ; and as the portion first used has generally recovered its maturity by the time the last portion has been fished, the fishery becomes almost regularly...
45 페이지 - Although the usual time of remaining under water does not much exceed two minutes, yet there are instances known of divers who could remain four and even five minutes, which was the case with a Gaffree boy the last year I visited the fishery. The longest instance ever known was that of a diver who came from Anjango in 1797, and who absolutely remained under water full six minutes.
46 페이지 - During the time of the fishery, they stand on the shore from the morning till the boats return in the afternoon, all the while muttering and mumbling prayers, distorting their bodies into various strange attitudes, and performing ceremonies to which no one, not even themselves I believe, can attach any meaning. All this while it is necessary for them to abstain from food or drink, otherwise their prayers would be of no avail. These acts of abstinence, however, they sometimes dispense with, and regale...
52 페이지 - ... to which they are attached. The pearls being placed in the pits which we have already mentioned, and the point of the spindle adjusted to them, the workman presses on the wooden head of the machine with his left hand, while his right is employed in turning round the bow handle. During the process of drilling, he occasionally moistens the pearl by dipping the little finger of his right hand in a cocoa-nut filled with water, which is placed by him for that purpose ; this he does with a dexterity...
44 페이지 - He then resumes his former position, makes a signal to those above by pulling the rope in his right hand, and is immediately by this means drawn up and brought into the boat, leaving the stone to be pulled up afterwards by the rope attached to it.
142 페이지 - Another author, describing the same custom, says, " To prevent fruit being stolen, the people hang up certain grotesque figures around the orchards and dedicate it to the devils, after which none of the native Ceylonese will dare even to touch the fruit on any account. Even the owner will not venture to use it, till it be first liberated from the dedication. For this purpose, they carry some...