ANNUAL REGISTER. 
BA 
East India company, French; farther as- 
sistance to, refused by the king, vii 53} 
»+.. to be continued, vii 89] 
»».. bankruptcy of, xii 11] 47] 
«++. French private ships do not defray 
expenses, xv 145] 
at Ostend, xix 188*] xxviii 
47] , 
Dutch, dividend on the 
stock of, viii 15] ix 81] x 42] 
.»+. charter renewed, xix 192*] 136] 
«+. treaty with France, xxiv 171] 
+++. several ships captured, xxv 110] 111] 
e+. greatly distressed, xxviii 169] 
—_———_ new French, xxvii 231] 
Austrian, bankruptcy of 
the, xxviii 47] 
Danish, resigns it’s char- 
ter, xxviii 170] 
East India docks, xlvi 353. xlvii 371 
et Indies, quick passage of the Pitt, iii 
95] 
-»+. on the practicability of a northern 
passage to, iii 87, xxvii 159 
+++» Danish mission, iv 92] xii 126] 
+++. accounts of the country and_ it’s 
natives, iv 6. xx 245. xlix 942, 948. liii 
_ 418-26. ly 465-73, 536-40. lviii 506-33, 
616. Ixi 496 
+++» earthquakes in, vi 60] 61] vii 83] 96] 
viii 98] xiv 120] xlv 371. 1si 42 
«+++ progress of missionaries in, vii 114] 
.»- military transactions in, from the year 
1745, vii 256. xxii 185] 
«».. great morfality on board Indiamen, 
viii 108] xiv 140] 
+--+. religion of the Gentoos, ix 307. See 
Gentoos 
--.- burning of widows, ix 317. xx 45] 
249. xxv 37. xxvi 167. li 252. liy 105 
..-- beat and unhealthiness of the climate, 
xi 80 
+», young woman enlisting asa recruit to 
get out to her husband, xii 148] 
+... distress of an E. Indiaman for pro- 
vision, xiii 79] 
-. +. forests of, xiii 83 
..--famines in, xiv 205] xxvi 82] liii 
167) 
«».. attempts to discover a N.W. passage 
to, xv 134] xvi 102] 108] 138] xx 180] 
xxvii 15], 154. x1 495. xliii 546. lix 131. 
Ix 63. 1xi 33, 38, 39, 98 
«+». hew passage from the isle of France 
wip fe coast of Coromandel and China, 
i 128] ; 
«++» distress of the London, capt. Webb, in 
a hurricane, xvi 201] 
+++, curious natural productions, xviii 132] 
‘Hayes of the Northumberland, xix 
-+-. population of the British -territories, 
xx 245. xxv 39 
oe route of the British trade to, xxii 
\ 
208 
EA 
East Indies: account of the Ganges and 
Burrampooter, xxiv 39 
- ++» Native powers of, xxv 4] xlvi 197 
.» +» brahmins of, xxv 31 
«+e» dancing girls, xxv 43. xxvii 25. xlix 943 
+++. hurricanes in, xxvi 81} liii 167] 50 
-++- comedians, xxvii 23 
«++. Serpents of, xxviii 45 
++.. animals, xxviii 49, 50. xlix 950. liv 
136. ly 492, Ix 569 
++. native governments not arbitrary, xxx 
156] 
«+.. inundations, xxx 238] lvi 203] 96 
«++. regulations respecting rank between 
the king’s and company’s military officers, 
xxx 200] 
+«+. public edifices, xxxii 98 
«++ early civilization of, xxxiii 368] 
-++- overland passage to, xxxiv 452 
..++ principles on which our possessions 
should be governed, xxxv 120] 
+c+~ history of the trade to, xxxv 124] 
-.-- elect of opening it by Cromwell, xxxv 
128] 
+++. ancient and modern navigation of, 
xxxix 43] 
s+e. Marriage ceremonies, | 31 
...- marriage festivals, xliv 455, Ix 573 
«+». action for an assault on ducking in 
crossing the Line, xliv 458 
«+e witches condemned to death, xliv 471 
...~ literature of, xly 780 , 
«+. culture of the sugar cane, xlv 821 
-.+- description of a village in Benares, 
xlv 903 
+++. origin of casts, 1 1442] 
--.» Egyptian Apis in, 1 28 
++.» sect of Sanaers, 2b. 
.... Roman catholics in, 1 29 
++» religious ceremony of swinging, | 32 
-».. goats sent over to the prince of Wales, 
1: 316 
-.+. country of Magad’ha, li 895 
++» State of the press in, lili 59] 
..++ remarks onthe government, liii 40] 
.... manufactures, ly 498 
...». Maranham cotton tree introduced into, 
lvii 50 
.+ +» 5.W, monsoon, lvii 488 
>++. journey through the desert, Iviii 616 
«+e. trade of the ancients to, lix 511] 
. +» swarm of locusts, Ix 569 
-... Calcutta taken by the nabob of Ben- 
gal, i113 
.... Angria’s principal fort taken, i 14 
.. «+ Calcutta retaken, i 31 
.... the nabod compelled to make peace, 2. 
...- Chandenagore taken from the French, 
ib. 
.... Suraja Dowla deposed, and Jaffier Ali 
Cawn made nabob, i 32. vii 54] xvi 105*] 
.-.. the French fleet twice defeated, ii 53 * 
--+~ fort St. David’s taken by the French, 
ib. 
+++ the French repulsed at Tanjore, ii 54° 
