134 sit in the street and make their calculations and judgements there. They know the zodiac and planets well and have everything mapped out like us, with the months divided up, except that their months have twenty nine; thirty; thirty two days. They are only a little different to ours, because some of them are the same. The first month of their year is April, because in this country, May; June; July; August, and the first helf of September are winter months with a lot of rain and storms; from mid-September or October, it is summer with a lot of calm days and little wind; there are always offshore breezes and sea breezes along the coast; they only sail in summer and in the winter they beach their ships. The other low caste of gentile people are calledAchari. They work as stonemasons and carpenters and blacksmiths, metal-workers and some goldsmiths; they are all from the same clan and have their own idols, separate from other people’s; they get married; their children inherit their possessions and learn their father’s trade; they are the king’s and nairs’ slaves and are very skillful in their work. There is another low caste people in this country called Mogers. They are very similar to the Tiyan, but they do not touch one another; they transport all the king’s ceremonials, when he moves from one place to another, but there are very few of them in this country. They have their own idolatry, they do not have a marriage law, and for the most part they earn their living from the sea. They are seafarers and some are fishermen; they have their own idols. They are the nairs’ slaves; some of them are very rich and have their own ships, which they use to trade with the Mouros. Their nephews inherit from them, and not their children, because their wives are very licentious and sleep with whoever they want; they are very careful not to touch people lower than themselves; they live in separate villages. Their women are pretty and pale, they take care of their appearance, they are the daughters of foreigners. There is another low caste of gentiles called Mukkuvan. They are
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