Storia do Mogor 238.4.2

238.4.2

In the empire is another Hindu race called Kaet (Kayath), who are great scribes and arithmeticians, and through these arts they rule all the courts. Though they receive no high pay, they are still much cherished by the great for their good advice. These men are fond of alcohol, and make sacrifice with it to their idols. In the early morning they bathe their bodies, and almost naked, begin their prayers before the idol, near which they place their pen-and-ink box, with a bottle of the best liquor they can procure. During the ceremony, which usually lasts about an hour, they pour into the inkstand some drops of liquor with the right hand, and taking a little in the same hand, throw it upon the idol, and offer the pen-box to it, petitioning for the god's aid through it. Such-like idols are small, and generally made of metal.