The
Name Of The Celebrated Person Thus Enshrined Was Mugdooree Sahib,
A Devotee, Who Added The Gift Of Prophecy To His Other High
Qualifications, And Amongst Other Things Has Predicted That, When The
Town Shall Join The Wood, Bombay Shall Be No More.
The accomplishment
of what in his days must have appeared very unlikely ever to take
place - namely, the junction
Of inhabited dwellings with the trees of
Mahim - seems to be in rapid course of fulfilment; the land has been
drained, many portions formerly impassable filled up, and rendered
solid ground, while the houses are extending so fast, that the Burruh
Bazaar will in no very long period, in all probability, extend to
Mahim. Those who attach some faith to the prophecy, yet are unwilling
to believe that evil and not good will befal the "rising presidency,"
are of opinion that some change of name will take place when it shall
be made the seat of the Supreme Government: thus the saint's credit
will be saved, and no misfortune happen to the good town of Bombay.
The superstitious of all persuasions, the Christians perhaps
excepted - though many of the Portuguese Christians have little more
than the name - unite in showing reverence to the shrine of the saint,
while Mugdooree Sahib is held quite as much in estimation by the
Hindus as by the followers of he own corrupted creed, the Mohammedans
of Bombay being by no means orthodox.
Many respectable natives have built houses for themselves at Mahim,
on purpose to have a place for their families during the time of the
fair, while others hire houses or lodgings, for which they will pay
as much as twenty rupees for the few days that it lasts.
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