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It is probable, or rather certain, that Canton is here meant. Meaning the Parsees or Guebres, the fire-worshippers of Persia.
I myself saw at this place several persons who possessed 4,000 thousand dinars and there were some who had still more and their clothes were those of labourers. "In Fars there are fire worshippers, Guebres, and Christians and some Jews.
Honouring the Guebres the grand old Guebres, as he used to call them and their modern representatives, the Parsees, Burton paid a visit to the Parsee "burying place" the high tower where the dead are left to be picked by vultures, and then he and his wife left for Goa, where they enjoyed the hospitality and company of Dr. Gerson Da Cunha, the Camoens student and enthusiast. Mrs.
"They are Parsees, a remnant of the ancient Persians the Guebres, or worshippers of fire. As you have witnessed, they also adore the sun. They came here long since to enjoy their tenets, free from persecution. They are the most intelligent race that we have. Many of them were princes in their own country, and are now men of unbounded wealth.
The only mode of disposal which completely avoids the defilement of every element is consumption of the dead by living beings; and the worship of the elements leads on naturally to this treatment of corpses. At present the Guebres, or Fire-worshippers, the descendants of the ancient Persians, expose all their dead, with the intention that they shall be devoured by birds of prey.
Curiously enough, the chief occupation one might say the sole occupation of the guebres throughout Persia, is taking care of the suburban gardens and premises of wealthy people.
After a long chase, the Guebres overtook the prophets at the foot of a steep hill, up which they galloped into a small plain, where, to the astonishment and disappointment of their pursuers, the earth opened and closed over them. It was now evening; and the Guebres, placing a small heap of stones over the spot where Sin and Lam had disappeared, retired for the night.
And the practices of the Guebres, their fire temples, and their customs and ceremonies and Guebreism or Magism, still continue among the people of Fars and there are not in, any country of Islam so many Guebres as in the land of Fars. It has been their capital or residence."
Early the next morning the Guebres repaired thither with the intention of digging out the prophets; but, to their confusion, they found the whole plain covered with similar heaps of stones, so that all their endeavors to find the original pile were completely baffled, and they returned to Dzedjin disappointed. This story amused the children much, and they would gladly have listened to Mr.
This was done; but, to the great astonishment of the Guebres, the head retained life during thirteen days, which so exasperated them against Sin and Lam, whom they perceived to be men of God that they sent an armed party to Semnoon to make them prisoners. "'Meanwhile Sin and Lam had received intelligence of their designs, and fled.
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