CHAPTER XLI.

Residence at Tellicherry.. parties of pleasure.. climate and healthy situation of Telli-

cherry.. subjects in natural history.. plants.. Gloriosa superba.. cruel fate of the

English prisoners with Tippoo Sultaun, taken at Bednore.. savage treatment of

the officers and privates in marching through the country.. fate of General

Mathews and two other gentlemen taken off by poisoned coffee.. mechanical tiger

..refinements in cruelty.. contrast between Domitian and Nero.. rigid discipline

of Tippoo..different account of General Mathews' death.. fate of the captains

and subaltern officers.. Hyder Ally's character superior to his son.. origin of Hy-

der..commencement and rapidity of his military career.. further accounts of his

family and exaltation.. his high command and dignity under the rajah of Mysore..

usurps the sovereignty, imprisons the rajah, and takes the title of Nawaub.. makes

Seringapatam his capital. . sea-ports.. Mangulore.. splendor of the tiger throne..

the Huma.. the tiger a family emblem..prayer of Tippoo..a letter of tremen-

dous brevity..account of Hyder's durbar..many particulars of Tippoo's charac-

ter, dress, &c... character of Mahomed and his immediate successors.. magnifi-

cence of the Arabian caliphs.. reflection of Abdalrhaman.. remark of Gibbon..

palace at Seringapatam.. Tippoo's bedchamber guarded by four tigers.. predilec-

tion of the Mahomedans for Abyssinian slaves.. melancholy fate of a young lady,

and friendly tribute to her memory..dispatches for the General Elliot received

from Bombay.. paragraph in the Governor and Council's letter..cargo com-

pleted, and final dispatch for Europe..sail for Tellicherry.. pass Calicut.. anec-

dotes of Hyder Ally and Zamorine of Calicut.. end of that dynasty..anchor at

Chetwa..departure for Europe..reflections on that event, and the melancholy

fate of former shipmates.. particulars of the voyage from the Malabar coast to

St. Helena..storms off the Cape.. Camoen's Spirit of the Cape..arrival at St.

Helena.. additional anecdotes and descriptions of that island.. Sargasso, or

Grass-sea..flying-fish.. terrific storm,, arrival in England.......................

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CHAPTER XLII.

The harp of prophecy..present awful and eventful period.. reflections.. purport

of this concluding chapter.. auxiliaries on the important subject.. Britain highly

favoured... blessings of peace.. sensible and pious dedication by Hakluyt to

Sir Francis Walsingham.. commencement of the East India Company's set-

tlements in India.. causes of their becoming generally interesting.. no longer

simply a trading company, but sovereigns of an extensive empire.. French

and Dutch no longer in possession of a factory there.. epitome of the admi-

nistration of Hastings, Cornwallis, Wellesley, and other governors in India

.. institution of the college at Calcutta.. its essential advantages.. these great

characters opposed to the infamous snccessors of the Portugueze conquer-

ors of India..geographical outline of Hindostan.. divisions.. revenue.. amelio-

ration of the natives under the wise and benevolent administration of Great

Britain..dreadful effects of famine.. humanity of the Bombay government..

comparative ignorance of Europeans respecting the Hindoos in 1774..luminous

researches of Mr. Hastings.. and grand acquisitions of knowledge since that

period.. reflections on the conversion of the Hindoos.. sentiments of the author

..Dr. Johnson.. and many eminent writers.. the author assigns reasons for alter-

ing his opinion of the Hindoo character.. anecdote of an amiable pundit..

pleasing portraits of other natives.. depravity of the zemindars and higher

castes, corroborated by other writers.. opinion of Sir William Jones, Lord

Teignmouth, Holwell and others.. charge of Sir John Mackintosh at Bombay

..paramahansa, a caste who eat human flesh.. parricide and infanticide.. bless-

ings of Christianity, in time and eternity.. illustrated by many eminent charac-

ters.. its benevolence contrasted with the cruel policy of the Hindoo religion in

various instances.. Om, or Aum.. druidical mysteries.. ignorance of the lower

castes of Hindoos.. interesting anecdotes, prayers, and religious opinions of Sir

William Jones and Lord Teignmouth.. Lord Valentia's sentiments on Hindoo

conversion, and the example of Europeans in British India.. difficulty of con-

verting the higher castes..great power of the brahmins.. necessary moderation

in all attempts to proselyte.. many brahmins have embraced Christianity.. its

progress in India.. its sublimity and consolation.. wretched state of the Chan-

dalahs.. the Hindoos compared with the Greeks and Romans when Christianity

was preached among them.. Cornelius. . Paul's sermon at Athens.. state of fallen

man.. modern philosophy..religious sentiments of Socrates, Plato, Seneca, and

other eminent heathens.. appeal for Hindoo conversion from various motives..

happiness of Christians compared with unbelievers.. state of the world at its pro-

mulgation.. examples of the effects of true religion, in life and death, in time

and eternity! Conclusion.....

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