Chapter PATTAMAR to PAWL of P by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

divers great Patellos taking in their lading for Pattana.”—Ibid. Jan 6; [Hak. Soc. i. 175].

1860.—“The Putelee (or Kutora), or Baggage-boat of Hindostan, is a very large, flat-bottomed, clinker-built, unwieldy- looking piece of rusticity of probably…about 35 tons burthen; but occasionally they may be met with double this size.”—Colesworthy Grant, Rural Life in Bengal, p. 6.

PAULIST, n.p. The Jesuits were commonly so called in India because their houses in that country were formerly always dedicated to St. Paul, the great Missionary to the Heathen. They have given up this practice since their modern re-establishment in India. They are still called Paolotti in Italy, especially by those who don’t like them.

c. 1567.—“…e vi sono assai Chiese dei padri di San Paulo i quali fanno in quei luoghi gran profitto in conuertire quei popoli.”—Federici, in Ramusio, iii. 390.

1623.—“I then went to the College of the Jesuit Fathers, the Church of which, like that at Daman, at Bassaim, and at almost all the other cities of the Portuguese in India, is called San Paolo; whence it happens that in India the said Fathers are known more commonly by the name of Paolisti than by that of Jesuits.”—P. della Valle, April 27; [iii. 135].

c. 1650.—“The Jesuits at Goa are known by the name of Paulists; by reason that their great Church is dedicated to St. Paul. Nor do they wear Hats, or Corner-Caps, as in Europe, but only a certain Bonnet, resembling the Skull of a Hat without the Brims.”—Tavernier, E.T. 77; [ed. Ball, i. 197].

1672.—“There was found in the fortress of Cranganor a handsome convent, and Church of the Paulists, or disciples and followers of Ignatius Loyola.…”—Baldaeus, Germ., p. 110. In another passage this author says they were called Paulists because they were first sent to India by Pope Paul III. But this is not the correct reason.

1673.—“St. Paul’s was the first Monastery of the Jesuits in Goa, from whence they receive the name Paulistins.”—Fryer, 150.

[1710.—See quotation under COBRA DE CAPELLO.]

1760.—“The Jesuits, who are better known in India by the appellation of Paulists, from their head church and convent of St. Paul’s in Goa.”—Grose, i. 50.

PAUNCHWAY, s. A light kind of boat used on the rivers of Bengal; like a large dingy (q.v.), with a tilted roof of matting or thatch, a mast and four oars. Beng. pansi, and pansoi. [Mr. Grierson (Peasant Life, 43) describes the pansuhi as a boat with a round bottom, but which goes in shallow water, and gives an illustration.]

[1757.—“He was then beckoning to his servant that stood in a Ponsy above the Gaut.”—A. Grant, Account of the Loss of Calcutta, ed. by Col. Temple, p. 7.]

c. 1760.—“Ponsways, Guard-boats.”—Grose (Glossary).

1780.—“The Paunchways are nearly of the same general construction (as budgerows), with this difference, that the greatest breadth is somewhat further aft, and the stern lower.”—Hodges, 39–40.

1790.—“Mr. Bridgwater was driven out to sea in a common paunchway, and when every hope forsook him the boat floated into the harbour of Masulipatam.”—Calcutta Monthly Review, i. 40.

1823.—“…A panchway, or passage- boat …was a very characteristic and interesting vessel, large and broad, shaped like a snuffer-dish; a deck fore-and-aft, and the middle covered with a roof of palm-branches. …”—Heber, ed. 1844, i. 21.

1860.—“…You may suppose that I engage neither pinnace nor bujra (see BUDGEROW), but that comfort and economy are sufficiently obtained by hiring a small bhouliya (see BOLIAH)…what is more likely at a fine weather season like this, a small native punsóee, which, with a double set of hands, or four oars, is a lighter and much quicker boat.”—C. Grant, Rural Life in Bengal, 10 [with an illustration].

PAWL, s. Hind. pal, [Skt. patala, ‘a roof’]. A small tent with two light poles, and steep sloping sides; no walls, or ridge-pole. I believe the statement ‘no ridge-pole,’ is erroneous. It is difficult to derive from memory an exact definition of tents, and especially of the difference between pawl and shooldarry. A reference to India failed in getting a reply. The shooldarry is not essentially different from the pawl, but is trimmer, tauter, better closed, and sometimes has two flies. [The names of tents are used in various senses in different parts. The Madras Gloss. defines a paul as “a small tent with two light poles, a ridge-bar, and steep sloping sides; the walls, if any, are very short, often not more than 6 inches high. Sometimes a second ridge above carries a second roof over the first; this makes a common shooting tent.” Mr. G. R. Dampier writes: “These terms are, I think, used rather loosely in the N. W. P. Sholdari generally means a servant’s tent, a sort of tente d’abri, with very low sides: the sides are generally not