black marks being sometimes less regular and more predominant; but it always forms a pleasing contrast to the brilliant azure, green, and golden plumage of the other birds of this species. The Frog, so richly adorned by nature, is not uncommon in the lakes of Malabar; which also abound with the aquatic plant introduced in the plate, and many others of singular beauty.

XCI.

View on the Island of St. Helena..

This is selected from a number of drawings made at St. Helena, some of which, containing the Town and shipping at anchor in the road, would, perhaps, be deemed more picturesque and interesting. The present engraving gives a preferable view of the interior landscape, and manner of enclosing the fields and plantations round the farm houses, to any of the other drawings.

XCII.

Flying Fish, Exocoetus Evolans.

This unfortunate inhabitant of the ocean was drawn of the natural size and colours, from one which alighted on the deck of the ship, in its flight from its watery foes, and pursued by the sea-fowl hovering over the shoal from which it separated. When the oceanic flying fish first emerges from the water, it is of the most beautiful silvery hues, softening the varied shades of purple and blue.

XCIII.

Medusa, or Portuguese Man-of-War.

The latter is the usual appellation to this beautiful production of nature, which expands its light transparent sail at pleasure, and with thousands of its comrades scuds before a light breeze, and enlivens the surface of the ocean in the tropical latitudes.

INDEX.

ABDALRAHMAN, his wealth and magnificence, iv. 197. Palace at Zebra, 197. Re-

flections, 198.

Ablutions, of the Hindoos, i. 286. Different modes of in India, ii. 396.
Abul Fazel, secretary to Akber, iii. 148. His amiable character 148.

portrait of Akber, 307.

Abyssinians, slaves, their promotion in India, iv. 201.

Adawlet, court of, at Baroche, ii. 252.

Adjutant-bird, or argali, ii. 124.

Adulation, extravagant instance of, iii. 306.

Afghans, conquerors of Hindostan, iii. 142.

Aftaphgere, state umbrella, ii. 41.

Agates, at Cambay, their manufacture, ii. 20.

Agra, its former magnificence and modern ruin, iv. 36.

Agricola, remark from Tacitus, iv. 174.

His charming

Agrippina, her poisons compared with those administered in India, iii. 384.
Ahmed-abad, conquest of that city by general Goddard, iii. 51. Magnificent ruins,
100. Its desolation illustrated by scripture, 104. When founded, 117. Ancient
extent and splendour of, 117. Causes of its decline, 120. Misery of the Mogul inha-
bitants, 121. Wells, mosques, and public buildings, 127, &c. Privileged to coin
gold, 129. Conquered by the Mahrattas, 147. Taken by the English, 147.
Ahmed Sultan, founder of Ahmed-abad, iii. 124. His mosque and cemetery, 125.
Ahmood, town and purgunna, described, iii. 52.

Akber, emperor of Hindostan, his general character, i. 91. Character by oriental
historians, ii. 23. Compared with Alfred, iii. 309. Amiable portrait, in his chari-
ties, largesses, domestic arrangements, &c. 310. Presents on being weighed, 310.
coinage, 310.

Akber-abad, city of Agra so called, iii. 106.

Akberpore, iv. 77.

Albatros, bird, i. 9.

Albicore, fish, 1.9.

Alexander the Great, bounds of his conquests in India, i. 411.

Alexandrian library, burnt by Omar, ii. 28.

Alhinna, beautiful flower in India, i. 32.

Alla-bhaugh, a Mahratta town in the Concan, i. 222.

Allahabad, city described, iv. 82. Hindoo temple, 83.

Alligators of Malabar described i. 356. Compared with the Egyptian crocodile,
356. Fed with living infants by their mothers, iv. 310.

Al-mamon, interesting anecdote, iii. 179.

Amadavad, birds, i. 47.

Ambuscade, and murders by the Gracias, iii. 377.

Amour, tragical termination of an oriental amour, ii. 127. Interesting scene between

Zeida and her lover, iii. 234.

Amphisbona, double headed snake at Anjengo, i. 361.

Amrah, mango, effect of its blossoms, iii. 409.

Anana, pine apple, i. 31.

Ancients, their trade with India, i. 305.

Angra, seat of government at the Azores, ii. 203.

Angria Ragojee, his character, dress, court, revenue, forces, &c. i. 223. His hospi
tality to English travellers, 223.

Anjengo, description of the town and inhabitants, i. 336. Country, river, produce,
&c., i. 337. The birth-place of Orme, and Sterne's Eliza, 338. Battle between
the sea and river-fish there, 342. Beauty of the country, 347.

Antelopes, domesticated, ii. 481. Their love of music, 481. Illustrated by a curious
anecdote, 483. Further illustrations, 483. Eyes poetically beautiful, iii. 97.
Method of killing them in Guzerat, iii. 253.

Ants, large black ants at Bombay, i. 42. Termites, or white ants, i. 42. Their depre-
dations at Anjengo, 362. Anecdotes of the termites, 362. Food for bears, 364.
Aqueducts, at Ahmedabad, iii. 127. Rills for watering the Asiatic gardens, 139. 11-
lustrated from scripture, 139.

Arabians, account of those settled in India, ii. 479. Amusements and hospitality,
480. Literature of the Arabians from Gibbon, iii. 413.

Arabian Nights entertainment, not fictitious, iii. 128.

Arabian princess, ceremony at her visit, iii. 227.

Areca, betel-tree and nut, i. 29.

Armenians in India, their character, i. 122.

Arras, battle on the plains of, in India, ii. 96.

Ascension, island of, iv. 263.

Asiatics, general servility of their character, i. 235.

Assan, river in Malwa, iv. 35.

Asses, in India, ii. 131.

Assuan in Egypt, sculptured caverns resembling the Elephanta temple, i. 448.

Astrologers, an extraordinary people in India, ii. 525. Three singular anecdotes, 526.
&c. Further account of them, iii. 228. Illustration from scripture, 229.
Astrology of the Hindoos, i. 78.

Astronomy, reflections on Hindoo astronomy, iv. 88.

Asuph ud Dowlah, the splendid nuptials of his son, iii, 280. His character, wealth,

museums, &c. 284.

Attar, or ottar of roses, iii. 139.

Attinga, bird of, described, i. 360.

Attinga, queen of, her cruelty to a Malabar woman, i. 391. Degradation of the mo-

dern queens of Attinga, 403.

Augurs, Hindoo soothsayers, ii. 521—iii. 231.

Aunkus, implement for guiding elephants, iv. 55. Used as a symbol for the ele-
phant, ibid.

Aurungabad, desolation of that city, iii. 105.

Aurungzebe, contests for the empire after his death, i. 464. Amiable traits in his.
character, ii. 84. Further account of him, iii. 152.

Author, approbation of the government of Bombay, on his leaving India, iv. 205.
Avyar, Hindoo female literary character, iii. 414. Extracts from her works, 416, &c.

Ayeen Akbery, a valuable Mahomedan book, iii, 148. Preface by Abul Fazel, 148.
Azores, or Western Islands, ii. 202.

Baba Rahan, account of that saint, ii. 253.

Baber Sultan, iii. 146.

Babylon, its grandeur and extent, iii. 118. Prophecy respecting it, 119.

Bahjeree, grain in Guzerat, ii. 406.

Bajerow, peshwa of the Mahrattas, i. 467.

Baku, mountain of fire in Persia, i. 111.

Balaam, his character and profession, compared with Indian soothsayers, iii. 329.

Ballajee Wissanath, sovereign of the Mahrattas, i. 467.

Bamboo tree, in Guzerat, ii. 453.

Bancoote River described, i. 192.

Bandicoote Rat, in India, i. 41—iv. 249.

Banian hospital at Surat, i. 256.

Banians, a caste of Hindoos described, ii. 458.

Banian, or burr-tree, its picturesque beauty, i. 25. Described by Milton, i. 28.
Nearchus and Arrian, i. 26. Wedded banian-tree, ii. 453.

By

Banquepore, iv. 90.

Barber in Guzerat, reason for allowing him grain, ii. 416.

Barcelore, or Cundapore, iv. 109.

Bards, in India, iii. 225. Their talents, character, and employment, 225. Legend
respecting them, 226.

Barigaza of the Greeks, modern Baroche, ii. 220.

Baroche, the ancient Barigaza, ii. 220. Arrival of Ragobah's army, ii. 111.
scription of the city, inhabitants, and commerce, 112. Journey from Surat

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