South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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Every Year, On The 25th Of December, An Infinite Number Of People Resort To This Temple, Even From Fifteen Days Journey All Round The Country, Together With A Vast Number Of Priests, Who Sacrifice To The Idols Of The Temple, After Having Washed In The Water By Which It Is Surrounded.

Then the priests ascend to the boat which is filled with oil, from which they anoint the heads of all the people, and then proceed to the sacrifice.

On one side of the altar, there is a most horrible figure of a devil, to whom the people lay their prayers, prostrate on the ground, and then depart each one to his home, believing that all their sins are forgiven them. On this occasion, the environs of the temple is considered a sanctuary, where no person may be arrested or troubled on any cause or pretence. I never saw so prodigious a number of people assembled in any one place, except in the city of Mecca.

SECTION IX.

_Observations on various parts of India_.

As there was no convenience for trade at Calicut, on account of war with the Portuguese, because the inhabitants in conjunction with the Mahometans had murdered 48 Portuguese while I was in that city, my faithful friend and companion _Cociazenor_ the Persian, formerly mentioned, thought it best for us to depart from thence. Indeed, in revenge for that cruel murder, the Portuguese have ever since waged cruel war upon Calicut, doing infinite injury to the city and people. Wherefore, departing from thence by way of a fine river, we came to a city named _Caicolon_[83], which is fifty leagues from Calicut.

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