Storia do Mogor 281.15.1

281.15.1

The reverend Jesuit fathers of Pondicherry were not in ignorance of these Brahman customs, or, at any rate, should not have been ignorant of them — they who know everything; still less should they have overlooked the disagreeables to which those are exposed who infringe these rules. Nevertheless, without regard to the one or the other reason, they undertook about twelve or thirteen months ago to secure their own ends, and for interested reasons (for which they are never at a loss) they resolved to break the rules. They decided to build a house for their Malabar sacristan. This man was of the Mandeli caste, which eats flesh and fish. The house was to be erected at the end of the enclosed area of their garden in the middle of Brahmans' houses, which block the view to the north and form one side of a street, where they dwell and follow their customs, as I have said above.