Nard, perfumed ointments at Surat, iii. 411.

Nargancy Pooja, the worship of the great invisible God, among the brahmins, iii. 14.
Narmada of the Greeks, river Nerbudda, ii. 300.

Narrain Doss, his extraordinary food, ii. 139.

Narrain Row, peshwa of the Mahrattas, i. 473; his weak and wicked character,

473; assassinated in his palace, 475.

Narrain Row, brahmin at Onore, his misfortunes and escape, iv. 167.

Narranseer, English encampment on the plains near Cambay, ii. 16; beauty of the
country, and natural productions, 28.

Narwalla, ancient capital of Guzerat, iii. :41.

Natural theology, delights of that study, ii. 471.

Nearchus, his fleet in the Indus and Persian gulf, i. 442.

Necromancers, their extraordinary and shocking effects in Guzerat, ii. 524.

Nehemiah, his benevolence to the Jewish captives from Babylon, ii. 514.

Nelambur river, in Travancore, gold dust found there, i. 365.

Nerbudda river, its source, ii. 300, 301; romantic story of Nermada, or Nerbudda,
301; numerous wild fowl on that river, 275; the Narmada of the Greeks, 303;
beautiful address to Narmada, 300.

Neriad, extraordinary transactions there, ii. 88.

Nero, story of his being guarded by serpents, ii. 239; the dupe of Bassus, respecting
hidden treasure, ii. 383.

News-writers, public officers in India, iii. 130.

Newton, Sir Isaac, influenced by Christianity, iv. 312.

Nicodemus, his conversation with Jesus Christ, iv. 342.

Niel Ghou, or blue ox of Hindostan, ii. 282.

Nile, excellence of its water, ii. 72.

Nizam, necromantic endeavours against his life, iii. 391.

Noah, founder of the Hindoo religion, ii. 361.

Noorabad, Aurungzebe's inscription on the portal of his garden there, iii. 175.
Nourabad, a town in Malwa, iv. 35.

Nuajee, river in Malwa, iv. 14.

Numerals, reflections on different and sacred numbers among ancients and moderns,

iii. $26.

Nurses in India, their affectionate attachment, iii. 134; generally domiciliated and
retained in the family, ibid.; oak of weeping at Deborah's tomb, 141.

Occlaseer, town and purgunna, ii. 216.

Oil and oil plants in Hindostan, ii. 408; oil of roses, i. 83; oil of the lion peculiarly
esteemed, iii. 95.

Ointment, illustration of Mary's alabaster box of, iii. 183; different kinds used in
India, iii. 237.

Olas, palmyra leaves for Malabar writings, i. 391.

Om, the great mysterious name of the Deity among the brahmins, i. 213.
Omar, his bigotry in burning the Alexandrian library, ii. 28.

Omens, general belief in, in Hindostan, ii. 95.

Omercuntuc, a Hindoo temple near the source of the Nerbudda, ii. 30.

Onore, or Honawera, described, i. 306; town, fort, and cultivation of the country,

307.

Onore bar, its dangerous navigation, i. 309.

Onore fort, taken from Tippoo Sultaun, by the British troops under Major Torriano,
iv. 111; defended by him against the enemy, 109; distress of the garrison dur-
ing the siege, 110; their great exertions, 115; enemy's batteries stormed and
taken, 119; progress of the siege; desertion and sickness of the garrison, 121,
&c.; arrival of a flag of truce, 124; siege changed to a blockade, 125; treachery
of Lutoph Ally, 126; Mirza Khan, his successor, 133; treacherous and inimical,
135; increase of desertion, sickness, and death in the garrison, and natives of
Onore, 145; news of peace between the English and Tippoo Sultaun, 161; gene-
ral orders in consequence, 163; festival in Mirza's camp, ibid; reflections on the
siege, 173.

Oojen, or Ujene, the capital of Malwa, iv. 5; public buildings, fortresses, inhabit-
ants, &c. iv. 6, 7.

Oontia-Bhaug, camel tiger, properly the lion of Guzerat, iii. 94.

Opium in India, its various effects, i. 84 much used by Rajepoots and Gracias, ii.
27; how produced in Guzerat, ii. 410.

Oppression, its system throughout India, ii. 427; scale of oppression by Orine, ii.
430; cruel oppressions at Cambay, iii. 80; poetical picture of oppression, 372.
Oppressor and oppressed, the whole of mankind chiefly included by Sir William
Jones, iv. 201.

Ophthalmia, cure of in India, iii. 431.

Ordeal trials in Malabar, i. 318; different modes of proceeding, 319; ordeal at Dhu-
boy by boiling oil, ii. 389.

Oriental cities, origin of their names, ii. 339.

Ostentation, pageantry necessary in oriental governments, iii. 420; reflections on
adopting it at Dhuboy, 420, 421.

Ostrich of Africa, ii. 184.

Ottar, oil or attar of roses, in Hindostan, i. 83; rosaries at Ahmedabad for producing
it, iii. 139; this valuable perfume how made, ibid.; various adulterations, 140.

Oudanullah, bridge over that river, iv. 95.

Ovid, a tender advocate for the metempsychosis, ii. 475.

Oxen, in Guzerat, their variety and service, ii. 407; value and docility of the large

white breed, iii. 99.

Pacaulee, skin for holding water, ii. 140.

Padrah, a town in Guzerat, ii. 103.

Painting in the Hindoo temples at Chandode, iii. 16.

Palace at Cuttek, of extraordinary magnitude, iii. 164.

Palanquin, described, i. 80.

Palanquin-bearers, laughable anecdote of a round of beef, ii. 139. Their comfortable

life, iii. 255; fatigue relieved by pleasant stories, 255.

Palma island, i. 1.

Palm wine, tari, or toddy, ii. 452.

Palmyra trees, produce, ii. 452; singular at Ahmedabad, iii. 131.

Panchaiet, or Indian jury, trial by, panchaut, ii. 320.

Panchaut, trial by jury at Dhuboy, ii. 359.

Pandoos, their history, i. 446.

Panniput, celebrated battle of, i. 469.

Paradise, pied bird of, i. 360.

Paradise, Mahomedan, its sensuality, ii. 13.

Paradise of nations, thus distinguished in Guzerat, Bengal, and other countries, ii.
129-iv. 80.

Paramahansa, a caste of Hindoo Anthropophagi, i. 399; their inhuman feasts on the
Ganges, iv. $10.

Parbuttee, river in Malwa, iv. 17.

Pardon, custom of pardoning the dead, ii. 129.

Parents, Hindoo, exposed by their children to die on the Ganges, i. 400.

Pariahs, the lowest Hindoo caste, i. 395; their degradation and cruel treatment by
the Nairs and brahmins of Malabar, $96.

Pariah dogs, in India, iii. 6.

Parroquets, their beauty and depredations, i. 360.

Parsees, or Guebres, driven from Persia by the Mahomedans, i. 109; arrival in India
with the sacred fire, 109; settle at Surat and Bombay, 110; religious ceremo-
nies as worshippers of fire, 110, 111; funeral procession, 112; extraordinary
treatment of their dead, 112. Their great increase, wealth, and luxury at Surat
and Bombay, iii. 411; further traits of character, 411, 412; plan for a colony of
Parsees on Salsette, 452.

Partridge in Guzerat, ii. 275; black partridge, ibid.

Parvati, her punishment of the Bhauts, iii. 226.

Pascal influenced by Christianity, iv. 312.

Passiflora-alata, spiritualized, iv. 339.

Patna, city, iv. 91; massacre of the English by Cossim Ally, 90.

Patriarchal religion compared with Hindooism, iii. 22.

Paugeahs, Mahratta cavalry officers, ii. 145.

Paul, his character, iv. 381, 2; sermon at Athens, 332.

Pearls, poetically applied, iii. 180.

Pearls, Fall of, a cascade so called, iv. 95; Lake of Pearls, 96.

Peerana, celebrated for beautiful mosques, iii. 161.

Peer Payntee, Saint's Town, on the Ganges, iv. 95.
Peeyo, singing bird called the Beloved, iii. 315.
Pelicans, brahmins' request in their favour, ii. 308.
Pelwans, Hindoo combatants, their feats, i. 203.

Pepeehch, nocturnal singing bird, iii. 314.

Pepper, staple commodity at Anjengo, i. 349; pepper-vine described, 349; trees
used for its supporters, ibid.; time of bearing, blossoms and fruit, ibid.; neatness
of pepper plantations, 350; general produce of pepper in Malabar, 351.
Perfumes, variety used in India, ii. 227.

Periplus of the Erythrean sea, ii. 221.

Persians; Herodotus on the ancient Persians, i. 113; Persian families at Cambay, iii.

83; a Persian entertainment, 181.

Phanseegurs, extraordinary robbers and stranglers, iv. 13.

Pied bird of Paradise, i. 360.

Pigeons; green pigeon of Guzerat, ii. 275.

Pilaus, varieties of that dish in India, iii. 83.

Pilgrimage to Mecca, account of, ii. 135.

Pilgrims, useful information from religious travellers in India, ii, 459.

Pindarees, plunderers in the Mahratta army, ii. 47. 153.

Pine apple, in India, i. 30.

Pitlabad, ancient mart of Malwa, iii. 482.

Pitlad purgunna, in Guzerat, iii. 95.

Plassey, iv. 98; battle of Plassey, ibid.; success of a shooting-party there, ibid.
Plato; sentiments corresponding with brahminism, ii. 22; further illustrated, iii. 260;

his sublime ideas of the deity, iv. 335; his summum bonum, 339.

Pliny, his pathetic reflections on human mortality, iv. 211; his letter to Calestrius
346; his character by Lord Orrery, 347.

Plutarch, his humane remark, ii. 475.

Poets, oriental, their extravagant descriptions, iii. 235.

Poison, various kinds used in India, iii. 382; their gradual effects on body and mind,

283; used by the ancient Romans, 384.

Polycote in Malwa, iv. 15.

Pomegranate, ii. 226.

Pomegranate wine, ii, 226.

Pompeia, account of that subterraneous city, ii. 325.
Pooleahs, the wretched outcasts of the Hindoos, i, 401.
Poppies for opium in Guzerat, ii. 410.

Porca, a Dutch settlement in Malabar, i. 334.

Porcupines, their discrimination in a garden, i. 277.

Porpoise fish, i. 9.

Portens, bishop, interesting conversation with, iii. 184.

Portugueze Christians in India, their character, manners, and dress, i. 121; cruelty to

their slaves, 7.

Portugueze man of war, fish so called, ii. 200.

Potteries in India, iii. 340.

Powa ghurr, mountain in Guzerat, ii. 300; further described, iii. 267. 475, &c.
Powar, Mahratta chieftain in Malwa, iv. 13.

Praya, Porto, at St. Jago, i. 1.

Prayer, a fine one introduced in the Litany in India, iii. 30.

Precious stones, where principally produced, i. 246.

Presents in India, of great antiquity, i. 260; at a public visit at Cambay, ii. 13; at
Futty Sihng's durbar, iii. 278; calculations on that subject, 280.

Prophecy, anecdote of a brahmin's prediction, and its extraordinary fulfilment, ii.
533, &c.; two other anecdotes, 540; harp of prophecy, iv. 275.

Providence, subject of a particular Providence, its difficulties, iii. 393; Melmoth's
opinion, 394.

Ptolemy, mistakes in his Indian geography, iii. 68.

Pulparra, a brahmin seminary near Surat, i. 278; its appearance on a second visit,

iii. 421.

Pundit-Purdhan, title of the brahmin sovereign of the Mahrattas, i. 466.

Punka, an Indian fan, iii. 82.

Puranas of the Hindoos, i. 130.

Purchas's Pilgrims, account of Guzerat, iii. 257.

Purification, in the holy streams of India ii. 507.

Pysita lands in Guzerat, ii. 416.

Pythagoras, confirms the metempsychosis in Greece, iii. 21; his doctrine of return-
ing from India, 260.

Quilone, or Coilan, a Dutch settlement on the Malabar coast, i. 334; romantic coun-
try in its vicinity, 348.

Quilone forest, adventure there, i. 380.

Ragobah, or Ragonauth Row, his treatment by Mhadarow, i. 470; imprisonment by
Narrain Row, 474; vow of suicide, 474; suspected of being privy to Narrain
Row's murder, 475; assumes the title of peshwa, 476; his imprudence and weak-