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KAKKAZYE. translation of the Breviary, but with translations of short homilies selected from those of the ancient Fathers of the Church. Simple and unpresuming, these Christian converts have preserved their faith among their Hindoo and Mahomedan neighbours, have not yielded to the temptations and superstitions by which they are surrounded, and are much respected. Similar churches of shepherd, weaver, and potter communities, were founded by the Jesuit missionaries of the same period in the Rachore Dooab, which, like the Kullals of Cheetapoor, have preserved their hereditary occupations without change. These churches are visited at stated periods by priests from Goa, and their regulation is directed by the Archbishop of Goa, under whose jurisdiction they remain.