Note 403 — VII
Philip Askell Benton translation
[The Buddumas do not appear to have much faith in their Mohammedan teachers. One of the chiefs remarked to M. Landeroin: ‘Our “mallams” are liars. They ask us for alms in order to cure us of sickness and to prevent epidemics. . . . If after a man’s death his relations demand a refund of the payments made to the “mallam”, he replies: “I cannot restore it, for thanks to my prayers the deceased will obtain an excellent place in Paradise, which he would lose if the ‘sadaka’ was refunded”.’ Vid. Doc. sc., ii. 339.]