1 . MANN£tU$ OF THE MOOLLAH&
2 of the Lmded properly of the Ungdovii. Bwt,M all do not piactue
3 wury* it may excita some curioaty to know how ao nnmerooa • body
4 can bcmrinteined
5 Besides those who have ecclesiastical offices, or pensiona from the
6 ccown (who will be mentioned in another phwe)i and the more nume>-
7 rooa daaa of village Imaims, who receive & certain ahare of the
8 produce of the crops andflocka in their districts, maay luwe gianta
9 of land from the King and from heads of villages ; and some have
10 received legacies of land from individiml?!. Some subsist by teaching
11 and practising the law ; others trach scIiooIb, or are tutors t(» t!ie sons
12 of ricli men; some preach, and are paid by their congregations j
13 some live hv the charitable allowances grante il by the crown, and by
14 viilapcs to shulents, or by tlie alms and hospitality of ]k'c)[)Ic. through
15 whose country they travel ; and others, follow trac{( ov tarniing, or
16 live on their own means, and pursue their studies and amusements
17 at leisure.
18 The character of a Moollah is conferred by an assembly of members
19 of that order on peramiB, libo heve gone throuj^ the proper course of
20 Btndy, and paaaed Ihe requiaite esaminotion. The admiaaion of a
21 candidate ia attended with a pKBcribedftnn; the chief pert of which .
22 ia inveating him with the turban of a Moollaht which ia bound rannd
23 hia head by the prindpel peraon in the aaaembly*
24 The Moollaha are diatinguiahed 'by a partionlar dieaa, eonaiating of
25 a hoge hioae gown of white or Uadc cotton, and a vecy large white
26 tniban of a peculiar shape.
27 There are no corporate bodies of MooUaha aa there are of monka
28 in £arope» nor ia the whole order under the command of any chief,
29 or anbject to any particular discipline, likethe dei^ in England. All,
30 catcq>t those who hold oihcea under the crown, are entirely indepemdU
31 ent ; and, the co-operation among them is only produced by a sense
32 of common interest. They all marry, and live in other respects like
33 laynM'Ti. 1 do not know that tliey have any peculiar manners, except
34 an aticctation of strictness. Some of them affect great gravity, and
35 othera take pleasure in frequenting all companies, and meddling in all
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