The
Third Race Consists Of The Resbuti Or Rajputs, Who Are Good
Soldiers, And To Whom Formerly The Kingdom Belonged.
These people
acknowledge one God in three persons, and worship the blessed Virgin,
a doctrine which they have preserved ever since the time of the
apostles[194].
The fourth and last class of inhabitants are the
Mahometans called Lauteas, consisting both of strangers who have
conquered the country, and natives who have embraced that religion. The
inhabitants of Guzerat are very ingenious mechanics in works of silk,
gold, ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoise-shell, crystal, ebony, and other
articles. They follow the rules of Pythagoras, killing no creature; but
rather buy all, though even venomous, from those who take them, on
purpose to set them free. They have even a set of men whose only
employment is to go about the towns and fields looking out for sick
beasts, which are tended with great care in hospitals built on purpose.
Yet in spite of all this charity to the brute creation, they are devoid
of human kindness, and will not reach out their hand to help a fellow
creature in the utmost need.
[Footnote 189: These mountains are in the middle of Guzerat, which they
pervade in a range of considerable length from N.E. to S.W. - E.]
[Footnote 190: More properly Agimere, in which is the town or city of
Cheitore, whence the name in the text. - E.]
[Footnote 191: Malwa, one of the kingdoms or Soubahs of Hindostan is
to the east of Guzerat.
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