Hi,
I hope someone may be able to help me with this puzzling piece of text.
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… villages though not large are very numerous. they are almost all
passed(?)
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passed(?) of temples of a spiral shape and circular structure and several
of the poongus or priests deped <sic, clothed> in yellow garments were seen loitering…
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This was copied by a clerk after 1830 (I have no proper info on that), and - so it seems - word by word without regard to sentences or meaning. As seen in »deped«, which is obviously »clothed« (d=cl, e=o, p=th, ed. all of this are common mistakes in the text).
Could »passed« be »possessed«? Or is there some other hidden meaning I cannot fathom as English is not my mother tongue?
Thank you very much.
Jan