ness, 477; marches from Poonah, 480; engages the English as allies, and enters
into a treaty with the Bombay government, 481. His army defeated at Arras, ii.
5; Ragobah flies to Cambay, ibid; conduct of the nabob and sir Charles Malet,
ibid.; his interview with the nabob of Surat, 6; sails for Cambay, 11; second
reception there, ibid.; singular behaviour on a public visit, 14; his extraordinary
superstition, 22; junction of his army with the English troops, 32; sedition in
his army, 114; resolves to winter at Dhuboy, 114; Peace concluded with the
Poonah government, 142; subsequent misfortunes and death of Ragobah, ibid.
Ragogheer, in Malwa, iv. 17.

Ragonauth Row, or Ragobah, his various appellations and different signification, ii.

100.

Rain, average of rain fallen at Bombay for eight years, iii. 342.

Rainy season at Bombay, i. 33. Dreadful effects on its failure, iii. 53; religious
ceremonies on such occasions, 57; further remarks, 341.

Rajah, Hindoo Rajah described, by Dr. Robertson, iii. 88; patriarchal character of
the ancient rajahs, 277.

Rajee Ram, a Mahratta sovereign, i. 464.

Raje Ghurr, a city in Malwa, iv. 14.

Raje Mahl, iv. 95.

Raje-poots, high caste of soldiers in India, ii. 46. Account of their tribes, families,
manners, and customs, ii. 259. Extraordinary anecdote of a young Rajepoot,
ii. 260.

Ram; fighting-rams in India, ii. 480.

Ramchunder, an officer in Tippoo Sultaun's army, his kindness at Onore, iv. 141.
Ram Coond, a warm spring, iv. 91.

Ramexauar Pagoda, and hot springs in the Concan, iv. 247.

Ramphul, custard apple, its religious character, iii. 410.

Ramnaghur, iv. 86.

Ram Rajah, a village in the Concan, i. 218.

Ramul Sihng, amiable character of a rajah, iii. 322.

Rance of Gohud, her magnanimity and death, iv. 35.

Ranghur, a fortress in Guzerat, iii. 252.

Raolcondah, diamond mines, i. 246.

Religion; important queries respecting the Christian religion by brahmins, iii. 32.
Remora, sucking fish, i. 9.

Rhadacaunt, anecdote of that pundit, iv. 304.

Rhinoceros, ii. 182. Its horn an antidote to poison, ii. 285. The unicorn of scrip-

ture, ii. 286.

Rice, and batty grounds, i. 33.

Rio de Janeiro, i. 6, 8, &c.

Rivers in India, their general character, iii. 52. Those deemed sacred, i. 376.

Roads in India, repaired on the approach of a great man, ii. 449. Illustrates a pas-
sage respecting the advent of the Messiah, ii. 450.

Rocket; war rockets in India, ii. 63.

Romans, their trade with India, i. 100. Their condition at the promulgation of chris-
tianity, iv. 315.

Roman Villa at Pompeia, compared with the durbar at Dhuboy, ii. 326.

Rome, her aggrandizement at the commencement of the Christian era, iv. $40.

Romish church, proselytes in India, i. 122.

Rose, changeable, i. 32.

Rose of Sharon. Damascus rose chiefly used for rose-water, iii. 139.

Rose water, used in India for various purposes, ii. So.

Roxana. Roshan, a dancing-girl's song, iii. 176]

Royal tiger, anecdotes of, ii. 284.

Roza, shrine at Gwalier, iv. S1.

Rujutt Coolee Caun, nabob, his sumptuous dinner, iv. 51.

Ryjee Sihng, a Bhaut chieftain; his character and talents, iii. 223. Accepted as a
hostage for the Gracias, iii. 225.

Sabat, preacher of Christianity in Arabia, iv. 326.

Sabermatty, beauty of that river, and excellence of its water, ii. 71.-iii. 138.

Sacontala, beautiful commencement of that drama, iii. 13.

Sacred Isles of the West, ii. 234.

Sacrifice, of living men in Guzerat, ii. 393.

Sacrifice Rock, on the Malabar coast, i. $21.

Sactis, or destructive spirits, portion of grain allotted them in Guzerat, ii. 417:
Sadi, sonnet by, iii. 180.

Sahoo Bhoosla, or Shahjee, i. 302.

Sahras, a noble bird in Guzerat, ii. 276. Anecdote of a sahras, ii. 276.

Sal, island of, i. 1.

Salsette island described, i. 424; journey to the excavations, 425; the great tem-
ple and smaller caverns, 425; prospect from the mountains, 428; Dr. Fryer's
account of the island and caves, 437; inscriptions at the great temple, 446. Sal-
sette conquered by the English, 452. Second visit, and further remarks on the
excavations, iii. 442, &c.; reflections there, 450.

Salt, a sacred pledge of hospitality in Asia, ii. 397; illustrated by anecdotes, 398.
Salt pans in Malabar, i. 367.

Sambojee, a Mahratta rajah, his cruel death by Aurungzebe, i. 462.

Sandal Malan, intriguer of the night, i. 31.

Sandal tree, and valuable wood, i. 307.

Sanscreet language, its beauty and excellence, ii. 505.

Saojee, the Sao Rajah of the Mahrattas, i. 466.

Sardonyx mountains of Ptolemy, in Guzerat, i. 8.

Sarganey Pooja, Hindoo worship of idols, iii. 14.
Sargasso, grass sea, iv. 264.

Sarunpoor, a town in Malwa, iv. 12.

Sasye Seroy, Serai in Malwa, iv. 21.

Sattienaden, a Hindoo preacher of Christianity, iv. 326.

Saul of Tarsus, his character, iv. 331.

Saunk, river in Malwa, iv. 35.

Schools in Hindostan, ii. 506.

...... of the prophets and brahmins, iii. 231.

Sciad Balla, his cruel treatment at Dhuboy, ii 237.

Scidees, Mahomedan Caffree slaves at Surat, i. 261; meaning of the term, iii. 167.
Scindian troops employed in India, ii. 479.

Scorpion, effects of its sting, ii. 121.

Scriptures, their superiority over the Vedas, ii. 324; sublimity of the Bible, 326.
Scurvey, at sea, its malignity and cure, i. 11.

its inveteracy and cure at Onore, iv. 154.

Scythians, their veneration for trees, ii. 361.
Sea of lustre, a valuable table diamond, iii. 84.

Seal, on the Malabar coast, i. 359.

Sea-horse, hippocampus, i. 341.

Sebastian, city on the coast of Brasil, i. 7.

Secretary bird, ii. 185.

Secundra, near Agra, iv. 48.

Secundus, his opinion of death, iv. 345.

Sedaswa, his extraordinary adventure with a Naga serpent, ii. 388.

Seeta Coond, a celebrated hot-well, iv. 91.

Seeta-phul, sacred custard-apple, iii. 410.

Seeva, or Siva, his attributes and emblems at the Elephanta caverns, iii. 443. Comparison
between Siva and Jove, 444. Siva Vindex, his statue particularly explained, 446.
Selima, song of a dancing girl, iii. 176.

Senassees, superstitious devotees in India, i. 68; an extraordinary account of one, 70;
another in the caves at Marre, 202. Austerities of the tribe, iii. 24.
Seneca, his sublime ideas of God, iv. 335; his important question, 341.

Sepia, river in Malwa, iv. 5.

Seraglio, its etymology, iv. 40.

Serah Mehl, Serah, or Seraglio, iv. 40.

Serai, i. 250; the great utility and charity of Serais, or Caravanseries in India, ibid.
their magnificence at Ahmedabad, iii. 123.

Serampore, on the Ganges, iv. 100.

Seringham, voluptuous devotees there, ii. 305.

Different serpents in
Supposed cause of ser-

Serpents-snakes in South America, i. 7. Variety of serpents in India, with the ef-
fect of their poison, i. 45. Those in the Concan, i. 199.
Guzerat, ii. 245. Anecdote of a hooded-snake, ii. 245.
pent-worship, ii. 329. Combat of a snake with the ichneumon, ii. 248. Serpents
guardians of concealed treasure, ii. 384. Curious adventure with one of them in
Guzerat, ii. 385. Treatment of a guardian snake at Surat, ii. 387. Herodotus
and ancient historians on serpents, ii. 388. Cure of their bite by a banian at Ba-
roche, iii. 248. Two hundred and nineteen kinds described by Gmelin, iii. 333.
Figurative and symbolical, iii. 334. Serpent's fang described by Paley, iii. 335.
Serula, residence of the Bhauts, ii. 520.

Sevajee, founder of the Mahratta empire, i. 302. Further account of that rajah, i.
464.

Shah Aalum, or Shah Allum, king of the world, emperor of Hindostan, a public visit
to, iv. 53; his degradation, court, and presents, 55; his person, dress, &c. 56;
cruelties inflicted on him by Gulam Kaudir, 58.

Shah-Bhaug, royal gardens at Ahmedabad, iii. 136.

Shahjee, his contrivance for weighing an elephant, ii. 455.

Shah-Jehan-abad, new city of Delhi, its palaces, buildings, &c. iv. 61.

Shah-Jehan-pore, in Malwa, iv. 10.

Shah Zadas, Persian nobles at Cambay, ii. 25. Elegant taste for poetry, iii. 178.
Shaik Edroos the leper, ii. 507.

Shaik Mucdum, English generosity to him, iv. 111.

Shark, account of that fish, i. 9. On the coast of Guinea, ii. 201.

Shark's-fins, an article of trade, i. 321.

Sharukh, talking-bird in India, i. 48.

Shasta, Hindoo name for Salsette island, iii. 449.

Shastah, or Sastra, sacred scripture of the Hindoos, iv. 296.

Shawls, a valuable and beautiful manufacture, i. 258.

Sheep-eaters, a Hindoo tribe who eat live sheep, i. 400.

Sheep-skin death, among the Mahrattas, ii. 430. iii. 386.

Sherbets, spiced and perfumed, ii, 227.

Ship, dreadful situation on fire, i. 10.

Shunamite, her chamber for Elisha illustrated, iii. 408.

Sickligullee, fall of pearls, iv. 95.

Silk cotton-tree of Malabar, its beauty, i. 353.

Silver mosque at Baroche, ii. 254.

Simplicity of Asiatic manners illustrated, iii. 328.

Simmons' cove, in bay Falso, ii. 167.

Singing men and women in India, i. 82.

Singore river, iv. 77.

Slavery in India, comparatively mild, iii. 167. Its evils and privations, iii. 168.

Slaves their usual price in Malayala, iii. 170.

annually sold by their parents at Anjengo, iii. 171.

cheap purchase of two at Anjengo, i. 392.

Smartal brahmins, strict injunctions, iii. 29.
Snakes, particularised―vide Serpents.

Snowy mountains, seen from Patna, iv. 91.
Soane, fabulous source of that river, ii. 302.
Sobal Sing, murderer of Narrain Row, i. 475.

Socrates, his religious opinions compared with the brahmins, iii. 260. His last dis-
course with his disciples, iv. 335.

Soliman's well, at Brodera, iii. 271.

Solomon, his trade with India, i. 100. His pathetic motto, iv. 198. His prayer, iv.

344.

Soothsayers, among the Hindoos, described, ii. 487. Illustrated from scripture, ibid.,.
iii. 231. Further transactions with them, iii. 228.

Sopaca, their degraded condition, and cruel treatment, iv. 313.

Sorabjee Muncherjee, letter from, iii. 360.

Sorcery, extraordinary anecdotes respecting it, ii. 374. Divine edicts against it, iii.
392.

Soul, various opinions regarding it, iii. 261, 262.

Sourbhan, character of the neighbouring banditti, i. 104.
Spy, character of a faithful one at Onore, iv. 127, 128.
zerat, ii. 75.

Punishment of a spy in Gu-

St. Helena, general description of the island, ii. 192; 'town in St. James's valley,
193; farms, plantations, and country-houses, 194; government and inhabitants, ·
195; provisions, fruits, flowers, and trees, 196. Contending deities of St. Helena,
iv. 257; numerous votaries to the queen of love, 258; causes assigned, 258; great
importance of St. Helena, 259.

pigeons, sea-bird, so called, ii. 192.

St. Jago, a Cape de Verd island, i. 1.

St. Mary, one of the Azore islands, ii. 203.

St. Thomé Christians, in Travencore, i. 403; time of their establishment, number of
churches, &c. 405.

Steinboch, mountain goat, ii. 281.

Stoics, their philosophy, iv. 339.

Stones worshipped by the Hindoos, ii. 513; also by the ancients, 513.

Storm, dreadful effects of a storm in Guzerat, iii. 53.

...

its fatal consequences at Surat, iii. 405; iv. 255.
...... sublime description of a tempest, iv. 267.

Story-tellers at Cambay, cure a fever, iii. 182.

Strabo, his explanation of the Grecian mythology, iii. 20