CONTENTS. 



Arrival of the English troops at Surat — news of Ragobah's defeat on 

 the plains of A tras — his fight to Cambay and Surat — interview 

 with the nabob of Surat — suspense of the English commander — 

 information of Ragobah's army in Guzerat — resolution to proceed 

 with the English detachment to Cambay — Ragobah's Zenana— inter- 

 view with the chief and council of Surat at Domus — reluctance 

 of the Hindoos to undertake a sea voyage — voyage from Surat to 

 Cambay — Gongwa — Gosaings, their peculiar character — tides in 

 the gulf of Cambay; their rapidity and danger — nutee-fsh — land 

 at Cambay — public visit of the nabob to Ragobah — ceremonies on 

 that occasion — presents — distant behaviour of Ragobah to the 

 nabob, and marked approbation of Sir Charles Malet, the English 

 resident — dress of the princes on this occasion — hospitality of the 

 nabob — Ragobah removes from the city to a summer palace — public 

 visit of the British commander and his staff — ceremony of ?naking 

 presents in the east — various particulars. 



English detachment encamp at Narranseer, near Cambay — city of Cam- 

 bay described — -fortifications — durbar— jumma — mosseid — Hindoo 

 temple — statue of Parisnaut — magnificent Mahomedan tombs — 

 monkeys— manufactures at Cambay — their decline — indigo plant, 

 its cultivation and manufacture — fertility of the country — abun- 

 dance of provisions — wells — cornelians, agates, and Cambay sto?ies — 

 character of the nabob, contrasted with that of Ragobah — weak- 



