222.

thither, 214. First English factory there by Sir Thomas Roe, 218. The Bara-
gaza of the Greeks, 220. Great improvements under the English government,
Purgunna, villages, and population, 224. Cultivation and produce of the
district, 225. Price of provisions in the market, 249. Rate of labour of various
kinds, 252.

Baroche city and purgunna presented to Mhadajee Sindia, iii. 356. Behaviour of
the inhabitants on that occasion, 356. Keys of the fortress delivered to his au-
mil, 356. Affecting anecdote, 357. Extraordinary edict of the aumil after re-
ceiving charge, iv. 231.

Bathing, in Hindostan, great purity annexed to it, ii. 304.

Bats, at Bawrhan, ii. 254. Illustrated in scripture, ibid. Further account of, iii.
246. Their proper class in the scale of creation, iii. 247.

Battle; description of a field of battle after the action, ii. 73.
Batty or rice, i. 33.

Baubul-tree, its variety in Guzerat, ii. 278.

Baubul-tree caterpillar, its extraordinary instinct, ii. 278.

Bawhran, a celebrated Mahomedan tomb, ii. 254.

Baya, bottle-nested sparrow, i. 48. At Turcaseer, ii. 280.

Bay Falso, at the Cape of Good Hope, ii. 167.

Beards, perfumed in India, ii. 225.

Bears, their ferocity and cruelty, ii. 287. Shocking anecdote of a bear, 287. Their
mode of demolishing ants, i. 364.

Bednore, Tippoo's cruelty to the English officers at its capitulation, iv. 182.

Bees, in India, abundant and dangerous, i. 46.

Behemoth of scripture, the hippopotamus of Africa, ii. 182.

Belah, fruit tree in Malwa, iii. 477.

Belgram, extraordinary well there, iii. 419.

Bellapoor, pass on the river Dahder, ii. 124.

Benares, city and observatory, iv. 86.

Benda, an oriental vegetable, i. 32.

Benczegur, or Venezegur, its ancient history, i. 300.

Benjamin's mess illustrated, iii. 186.

Bernier, his account of the hot winds, ii. 116.

Beroopee, double-handed man, iii. 464.

Berye, a town in Malwa, iv. 25.

Betel-nut, tree, &c. i. 29.

Betel-leaf, cultivation of that plant, ii. 409.

Betwah, tombs near Ahmedabad, iii. 101.

Beunda, in the Concan, iv. 247.

Bhaderpoor, town and purgunna, ii. 449.

Bhairava, a Hindoo goddess, ii. 512.

Bhaou, a great Mahratta chieftain, iii. 348.

Bhaugretty, Cossimbazar, branch of the Ganges, iv. 95. Confluence with the Jel-

linghy, 99.

Bhaugulpore, iv. 92.

Bhau Gunga, river in Malwa, iv. 22.

Bhaug Doongur, Tiger mountain, ii. 281.

Bhauts, an extraordinary tribe in Guzerat, ii. 89. Their conduct at Neriad, 89. Sin-
gularities of the Bhauts, 90. Hostages for the Gracias, iii. 225. Definition of
the word Bhaut, 225.

Bheels, tribes of robbers in Guzerat, ii. 484-iii. 213.

Bhemexauar pagoda, in the Concan, iv. 247.

Bhindera Bund, birth place of Crishna, iv. 51.

Birds, in South America, i. 7.

Bombay Island, i. 21. Latitude, climate, soil, &c. 22. Trees, fruits, flowers, gar-
dens, 23. Inhabitants, 59. Foreign commerce, 153. Account of Bombay in

the seventeenth century, 158.

Bombay Town, public buildings, fortifications, docks, harbour, houses, bazar, &c.
i. 151. European inhabitants, manner of living, &c. i. 155. Alteration of man-
ners and customs there, iii. 433. Bombay government, wise and humane conduct
during a famine, iv.

Bona Vista, Cape de Verd island, i. 5.

Borahs, a tribe of Mahomedans in India, ii. 227.

Boshmen, Hottentots, ii. 180.

Bottle-nested, sparrow, i. 48.-ii. 280.

Boukie, river in Guzerat, iii. 51.

Bouquetin, mountain goat in Turcaseer, ii. 281.

Bouree, beautiful well at Sevasee Contra, ii. 102.

Bowa-peer, celebrated pass at the Nerbudda, iii. 257.

Brab-tree, at Bombay, i. 24.

Brahma, the Great God of the Hindoos, iii. 25. Sublime description of his attri-
butes, ibid.

Brahmins, their high caste, i. 61. Religious character, ibid. Religious and moral
system, 62.
Metempsychosis, 64. Sublime ideas of God, 66. Dress and food,

70. Purification of two who had lost caste, 379. Detail of their ceremo-
nies, iii. 76. Wonderful privileges, iii. 369. Instance of their cruelty at Poonah
ii. 135. Cruelty at Benares, ii. 264. Bernier's account of their wickedness,
iii. 421.

Brahmins of Malabar, i. 375. Their bigotry and prejudice, 375. Deference shewn
them by all other castes, 379.

Brahmins in the Mahratta camp, ii. 49. Their usual food, ii. 137. A brahmin din-
ner described, ii. 49.

Brahmins at Dhuboy, their request concerning eating beef, ii. 309.

gance, 310. Difference in their animal and vegetable food, 329.

grain for the brahmins and deities, 421.

Brahmins at Neriad, their sacrifice of two old women, ii. 93.

Pride and arro-

Brahmins at Onore, their escape from Tippoo Sultaun's cruelty, iv. 169.

Brahmin astronomy, and computation of time, i. 126.

Brahmin geography, fanciful and absurd, i. 124.

Allowance of

Brahmin religion, queries respecting some abstruse parts in their system, iii. 259.
Answered, 260.

Brahmin women, beauty of those at Harasar, i. 190.

Bramechary, a most extraordinary devotee, ii. 313.

Braminee Kite, a useful bird in India, iii. 67.

Brazil coast, i. 6. Natives, &c. i. 8.

Bridge, over the Biswamintree river, iii. 272.
Bringal, solanum, Egg plant, i. 32.

Town, fortifications, and pub-
Beauty of the country in its

British character, its great respectability in India, ii. 134.
Brodera, capital of the Guicawars in Guzerat, iii. 268.
lic buildings, 268. Cheapness of provisions, 273.
vicinity, 470.
Buchanan, Dr. Claudius, his visit to the temple of Juggernaut, iii. 7, 8. Documents,
iii. 10, 11. His opinion of the Hindoos, iv. S09.

Buchanan, Dr. Francis, his account of different castes in Malabar, iii. 29. Discri-
minating researches, iv. 309. Account of the Smartal brahmins, iv. 309.

Budgerows, boats on the Ganges, iv. 82.

Buffalo; wild buffalos of Malabar, i. 355. Habits of the tame buffalo, i. 355.

Bugulas, Indian whirlwinds, called devils, i. 205.

Bulbul, Indian nightingale, i. 50. The bird of a thousand songs, i. 50. Verses on
the bulbul and rose, i. 51.

Bulls; sacred bulls in Guzerat, ii. 510.

Bulwant Sihng rajah, his manly conduct and spirited letter to Mhadajee Sindia, iv. 19.
Buntee, grain in Guzerat, ii. 407.

Bunter, or buntar, Hindoos near Mangulore, i. $12.

Butcher's island near Bombay, i. 434.

Buxar, fortress, field of battle, &c. iv. 88.

Byracs, companies of Arabian soldiers in India, ii. 479.
Byro-ghur, fortress at Oojen, iv. 5.

Cachemire, ii. 459-ii. 460. Dancing-girls, iv. 81.

Caffraria, ii. 180.

Calasirians, their peculiar customs, by Herodotus, i. 285.

Calcutta, iv. 100.

Calidas, his encomium by Sir William Jones, ii. 478.

Calicut, modern town, and road for shipping, i. 322. The ancient city overwhelmed
by the sea, i. 323. Its magnificence in the 16th century, i. 414. Taken by
Hyder Ally, iv. 207.

Calm at sea, i. 12.

Cambay, voyage from Surat thither, ii. 9. City, fortifications, public buildings,
mosque, &c. ii. 10.

Cambay Gulf, astonishing rapidity of the tide, ii. 10. Its navigation by the ancient
Greeks, ii. 221.

Cambay, Nabob, hospitality to the English officers with the Mahratta army, ii. 13.
His person, manners, court, diversions, &c. ii. 21, 22. 27. Polite reception and
elegant supper, iii, 8. Cruel oppression of his subjects, iii. 69.

Cambaut, Indian name of Cambay, iii. 71.

Camdeo, god of Love in the Hindoo Mythology, ii. 510.

Camel, briefly described, ii. 59.

Camelopardalis at the Cape of Good Hope, ii. 182.

Camoens' Lusiad, lines altered, iv. 210.

Canadraka Tellow, in Malwa, iv. 10.

Canary-bird, its wonderful construction, ii. 468.

Candace, queen of Ethiopia, her minister, iv. 330.

Candhar, village in the Concan, i. 205.

Canorin, or Canara, name for Salsette, i. 437.

Cantonments at Surat described, iv. 239.

Cape Bassos, on the east coast of Africa, ii. 163.

Cape of Good Hope, appearance at a distance, i. 9. Dreadful storm off the Cape, ii.
167. Great Bank, 167. Description of the promontory, ii. 169. Prospect from
its summit, 170. Romantic scenery in the surrounding country, 190. Plants,

174.

Defi-

Cape Town, fortifications, public buildings, houses and gardens, ii. 170, 171. Inha-
bitants, 171, 172. Boarding houses, 173. Frauds of washerwomen, 173.
ciency of timber and fire wood, 174. Menagerie, 187. Government at the Cape,
178. Provisions, fruit, and vegetables, 187.

Cape planters, character of the yeomanry, ii. 176.

Cape wines, ii. 177.

Cape St. Sebastian, on the coast of Africa, ii. 164.

Cape de Verd islands, i. 5.

Capsicum, chilie pepper, i. 32.

Caranjah island, i. 453.

Caravansary, or Serai, at Ahmedabad, iii. 123.

Cardamom, culture of that spice, i. 317.

Caringe trees, in the Concan, i. 219.

Carp, magnitude of those in the Nerbudda, ii. 249.

Carthusians, their mistaken idea of Christianity, iv. 339.

Carwar, Romish bishopric in India, i. 303.

Carwithen's Lectures, extracts from, i. 125.

Cashew, trees planted on the public roads in Travencore, i. 365.

Cashew-apple, and nut, i. 365.

Cassia Fistula, in the Concan, i. 219.

Cassia Lignea, in Malabar, i. 350.

Cassowary, at the Cape menagerie, ii .185.

Cast, caste, one of the four grand divisions of the Hindoo castes or tribes, iii. 14.
Cataract, in the eye, Indian method of removing it, in Coromandel, iii. 481.
Caterpillar, foresight and instinct of the faggot or thorn-nested caterpillar, ii. 278.
Catholicon, the blessed appellation of Christianity, iv. 311.

Caunpore, cantonments decribed, iv. 78.

Cæsar Fredericke, his account of Cambay, iii. 86.

Celestial Bride, a magnificent mosque, iii. 144.

Centipedes, effects of their bite, ii. 121.

Chagos, a caste of Malabars, i. 390.

Chamelion of the Concan, particularly described in colour, habits, &c. i. 198.

Champa, Champaca, its delicious fragrance, i. 31.

Champoing, an Indian luxury described, i. 255.

Champoneer, city and fort described, iii. 475.

Chanacya, extraordinary anecdote, ii. 235.

Chandala, lowest tribe of Hindoos, i. 71. Their cruel situation in respect to caste, ii.
311. Their wretchedness at Dhuboy, ii. 310. Degradation at Zinore, ii. 514.
Sad outcasts at Brodera, iii. 316.

Chandernagore, iv. 100.

Chandode, town and district described, iii. 5. Its temples, idols, priests and groves,
all of peculiar sanctity, iii 6.

Charlemont, Earl of, his anecdote of Hume, iii. 186.

Charlotte, queen of England, her letter to Frederic king of Prussia, when princess of
Mecklenburgh, iii. 263.

Charuns, a tribe of bards in India. iii. 228.

Further account of them, 484.