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Stranglers, extraordinary robbers and murderers, iv. 13.
Subaqueous edifices at Kallea Deh, iv. 6.

Sucking-fish, Remora, i. 9.

Suculterah, a sacred spot on the Nerbudda, ii. 234.

Sudra, dreadfully punished for reading the Vedas, ii. 25.

Sufter Jung, his noble palace at Delhi, iv. 63.

Sugar-cane, its culture in Guzerat, ii. 410.

Suicide, singular attempt at Dhuboy, ii. 364.

difficulty of preventing young widows from committing it at Dhuboy, ii.
365. Sacrifice of men in Guzerat, ii. 393.

Sujaat Caun, his beautiful mosque, iii. 125.

Sujeutra, appropriated to dancing girls, iii. 95.

Sunderbunds in Bengal, i. 367.

Superstition, its astonishing effects on the Hindoos, ii. 519.

Supper; the great supper in scripture illustrated, iii. 187.

Surat, voyage from Bombay thither, i. 243. Its appearance from the Tappee river,
i. 244. Arrival of the first English ship in 1608, i. 246. Circumference and
fortifications of the city, i. 247. Public buildings and inhabitants, i. 249, &c.
Cultivation and produce of the country, i. 269. Journey from Surat to Baroche, ii.
214. Bad effects of the double government at Surat, iii. 402. Short history of
its nabobs, iii. 402. Treaty between the English and Nasser Odeen, iii. 405.
English government established at Surat, iii. 405; alteration in society and man-
ners, ibid.

Surfojee, rajah of Tanjore, his amiable character, iii. 427. His letter on anatomy,
iii. 428.

Suttee, a Hindoo widow reclaimed from burning, ii. 394.

Swampaca, cruel laws against them, iv. 313.

Swartz, the pious missionary of Mysore, iii. 39; iv. 326.

Sweta Dwipa, Hindoo sacred isles of the west, iii. 73.

Swingers, extraordinary fanatics in India, i. 203.

Sword, the fact of the Hindoo jugglers swallowing one clearly proved, iii. 515.
Syriac Christians in Malabar, i. 404.

Syrup of roses, violets, and jessamin, ii. 228.

Tacitus, his account of poisons, iii. 384.

Tailor-bird in Bombay, i. 49.

Taje Mahal, at Agra, iii. 107. Further description, iv. 39.

Tali renders a Hindoo marriage indissoluble, iii. 303.

Talismans, oriental amulets and charms, i. 93. Further particulars, iii. 390.

Talismanic ring, anecdote of, i. 93.

Tamarind tree, its shade unhealthy, ii. 33,

Tamburans in Malabar, i. 416.

Tamburetti, high caste of Malabar females, i. 416.

Tamerlane, or Timurlung, his conquests and cruelties, iii. 145. His real character,
iii. 146. Rowe's stage character, iii. 146. .

Tamrapura, copper city near Cambay, iii. 71.

Tannah fort, on Salsette, conquered by the English, i. 452. Improvements at Tan-
nah, iii. 441.

Tansein, a celebrated musician, iv. 32; his tomb at Gwalier, ibid. His wonderful
powers, iv. 33.

Tappee, or Tapti, river at Surat, i. 244.

Tarakaw, human sacrifice among the Bhauts, ii. 91.

Tarakee, wonderful penances of Hindoo fanatics, ii. 232.

Taree, or Toddy, palm wine, i. 24.

Tatianus, his opinion of the soul, iii. 261.

Tattah, a city on the Indus, i. 429; cruelty there, ibid.

Tatties, screens made of grass for coolness, iii. 66. Their great alleviation of heat,

iv. 11.

Tattoos, small Mahratta horses, ii. 150.

Tcheruns, singular cast of robbers in Guzerat, ii. 106.

Teak-tree and timber described, i. 241. Abundant in Malabar, i. 326.

Teekum, river in Malwa, iv. 11.

Teignmouth, lord, his opinion of the Indians, iv. 308. His excellent administration

in India, iv. 288; his remarks on Sir William Jones, 320.

Tekel, application of its mysterious import, iii. 34.

Telinga brahmins, extraordinary instance of their cruelty, at Poonah, ii. 135.

Natural history, iv. 182. Particular account of

Tellicherry briefly described, i. 14. Natural history, iv. 182.

that settlement, i. 315.

Tellowgaum, treaty of, iv. 222.

Tempest in Guzerat, ii. 126. Sublimely described, iv. 267.

Temple of Fountains at Cambay, iii. 172.

Teneriffe, peak of, i. 5.

Tennant, Dr. his character of the Hindoos, iii. 318.

Tents, magnificent, in India, ii. 44; 141. Travelling tents and encampment, iii. 66.
Termites, white ants, described, i. 42.

Terra Japonica, Japan earth, how manufactured, i. 304.

Thaen Tellow, dreadful scene at that village, ii. 119.

Thibet cow, beauty of its tail for chouries, iii. 82.

Thirst, its dreadful effects in India, ii. 34, 130.

Tiagura of Ptolemy, modern powaghur, ii. 300.

Tiger, escape from, in the Concan, i. 197. Anecdotes of tigers on Salsette, i. 428.
Further accounts in Guzerat and Bengal, ii. 283. His stratagem to catch

monkeys, for food, ii. 484. Affecting anecdote of a widow and dead tiger, ii.
493.

Tiger hunt described, ii. 489.

Tiger mountain, in Guzerat, ii. 281.

Tiger, mechanically constructed by Tippoo Sultaun, iv. 184.

Tigers, four royal, to guard Tippoo's chamber, iv. 200.

Tiger throne, in the durbar of Hyder Ally and Tippoo Sultaun, described, iv. 190.
Tiluck, sacred mark on the Hindoos' forehead, iii. 15; illustrated in scripture, 16.
Tippoo Sultaun, his bigotry and cruelty, ii. 257. Curious letter from, ii. 257. Cruel
conduct to general Mathews and the British officers, iv. 183. His singular amuse-
ment, iv. 184. Further cruelties, iv. 186; compared with Hyder Ally, 188; his
dream and prayer, 192. Employment of his time, 194; war dresses, 194; inte-
rior of his palace, 199; tigers guard his chamber, 200; provision for his family.
after his death, 206.

Tivees, a cast of Malabars in Travencore, i. 390.

Tobacco, in Guzerat, ii. 48.

Toddy, taree, liquor from the cocoa-nut-tree, i. 24.

Tooteh, a bird at Surat, i. 270.

Torriano, major, appointed to the command of Onore fort, iv. 111. His gallant de-
fence of it against Tippoo Sultaun, during the siege and blockade, rewarded by
promotion, iv. 173.

Townson, Dr. his amiable character, ii. 379. Letter to him from Lord North, ii.
379. His prayer for a person possessed by an evil spirit, ii. 380. Opinions on
that singular subject, ii. 381.

Travelling in the Guzerat purgunna, ii. 458. Hospitality and accommodation of the
villages, iii. 253.

Travencore, natural history of that kingdom, i. 347. Its beautiful country and ex-
tensive rivers, i. 348. Syriac churches there, iv. 326.

Travencore, king, his character and conduct, i. 383; no written laws, 384; mono-
polises the trade of pepper, 352; purification by passing through a golden cow,
378; heir apparent to his throne, 384.

Treasure, concealed in India, ii. 383; practised by the ancients, 384; extraordinary
adventure in search of it, 384.

Trees, venerated by many nations, ii. 361.

Triad deity of the Hindoos, i. 430. Sculptured at the Elephanta, of a colossal size,
i. 430.

Trials by ordeal, at Baroche, ii. 245. Different ordeals practised, ii. 245.

Triballes, necromancers, and heart-eaters, ii. 522.

Tuar-dholl, a valuable pulse in Guzerat, ii. 407.

Tuckarea, a village of Borahs, iii. 468.

Tulava, a tribe of Hindoos, near Mangulore, i. 315.

Tulsee, ocymum, a sacred Hindoo plant, ii. 306.
Tumblers and vaulters in India, i. 203.

Turcaseer, shooting party in that district, ii. 271.

Turmeric, a useful plant in Guzerat, ii. 409.

Turrana, in Malwa, iv. 9.

Tusculan villa of Pliny compared with the Indian garden-houses at Surat, iii. 407.
Tusleem, obeisance to the imperial throne, iv. 53.

Twice-born men, a high caste of brahmins, iv. 313.

Udiamper, head of the Syrian churches in Malabar, once the seat of regal dignity,
i. 410.

Ujen, Oojen, the capital of Malwa, iv. 5.

Underwood, Mr. John, his account of the medicinal practice among the natives in
India, iii. 429.

Unguents and philtres used in India, iii. 237.

Unicorn, the rhinoceros, ii. 182. Illustrated from the scriptural account in Job,
ii. 286.

Ustom, a village in the Concan, i. 211.

Vaccination, its happy effects in India, iii. 423: proved in many instances, 424; not
a late discovery in India, 424.

Vajeefa lands, in Guzerat, ii. 416.

Valatta emlee, adansonia, iv. 84.

Valentia, lord, his remarks on Hindoo conversion and European manners in India,
iv. 321.

Vanjarras, merchants in India, their inland trade, iii. 253. Laws and regulations of
their caravans, iii. 254. Mode of conveying two loads by one bullock, iii. 254.
Their singular protection, iii. 255.

Vapura, on the Malabar coast, i. 326.

Vastu Puja, Hindoo festival, iii. 76.

Vazarabhy, hot-wells in the Concan, iv. 247; their extreme heat, 251; waters ana-
lyzed, 252.

Vazeer Ally, magnificent nuptials, iii. 280.

Vazeria, a Gracia district in Guzerat, iii. 219. Correspondence with the chieftain,

iii. 219.

Vedas, account of those sacred books, i. 124.

Velatee, iron forges in Malabar, i. 366.

Veloria, a Gracia town, in Guzerat, iii. 213.

Venus, the Paphian Venus, a shapeless stone, ii. 513.

Vernal morning in India, poetical effusion, iii. 174.

Verses under an urn, at Baroche, ii. 242.

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Verses on leaving Dhuboy, iii. 372.

...... on Vezelpoor village and gardens, iii. 466.
on Maria, iv. 203.

.... on finally leaving India, iv. 217.
Vertomannus, his account of the Malabars, i. 411.

Vezelpoor, village in Guzerat, ii. 239.

subsequent desolation, iii. 464.
that village, iii. 466.

Villa and gardens described, ii. 240. Their
Illustration from scripture, iii. 465. Verses on

Victims, human, formerly sacrificed to the Hindoo deities, iv. 310.

Victoria Fort, particulars of the country and inhabitants in that part of the Concan,
i. 187.

Victory, Horn of Victory, a title in India, iii. 278.

Villages in Guzerat, described, ii. 413. Appropriation of their produce, ii. 416.
Charitable donations from the revenue, ii. 420. The principal deities of the
Hindoo villagers, iii. 70.

Vingorla, a seaport near Goa, i. 293.

Viziapoor, geography of its coast, i. 294.

Voltaire, fatal effects of his philosophy in India, iii. 184.

Vultures, i. 47; i. 112.

Wages, cheap price of labour in India, ii. 252.

War, reflections on, iv. 129.

Warriors, Indian, their wonderful exploits, ii. 43. Their comparative excellence,

ii. 45.

Wartruc, a river in Guzerat, ii. 74.

Washermen, publicly provided for in Guzerat, ii. 418.

Washing in India, ii. 418.

Water, scarcity of, in the Concan, i. 215, A great luxury in the hot winds, ii. 30.
An emblem of protection and hospitality, ii. 399. Fountains and rivers illustrate
spiritual blessings, ii. 414. Ganges water usually drank by Indian princes, iii.
272. Deleterious effects of at Powagur, iii. $16.

Water Melons, their excellence at Baroche, ii. 225.

Water snakes, on the Malabar coast, i. 325. Seldom venomous, iii. 336.

Water-spout, described, i. 310.

Watson, bishop, his opinion respecting the natives of India, i. 142.

Wedded Banian tree, ii. 453.

Wells, great charity in making them in India, i. 215. Marriage of a well to a mango.
tope, iii. 56. Number of excellent wells at Ahmedabad, iii. 127. Magnificence
of those at Brodera, iii. 271. Inscription on Soliman's well at Brodera, iii. 271.
A famous one for giving understanding and eye-sight, iii. 419.

Wellesley, marquis, honourable testimony of his administration in India, iv. 285.

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