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presents from zemindars. . brahmins of Guzeiat. .jattaras, and religious customs 

 near the Nerbudda. .history of Shaik Edroos, a leper. . pilgrimage to Mecca.. 

 Hindoo deities. . Kama-deva, the god of love, .sacred bulls, .religious groves. . 

 phallic deities, .shapeless statue of the Paphian Venus, .wretched state of the 

 Chandalahs. . anecdote of swallowing a sword. . mud-palace at Zinore. . cruelty of 

 zemindars. . amiable traits in the Hindoo character. . Bhauts and Churruns. . 

 fortune-telling brahmins, .three extraordinary anecdotes of prophecies fulfilled, 

 after predictions by a celebrated soothsayer. . reflections on these singular rela- 

 tions 501 



