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hidden treasure common among the ancients; anecdote of Nero's credulity on 

 that subject from Tacitus, .wonderful accumulation of Asiatic wealth. . guarded 

 by serpents, .an extraordinary event of this nature in the Dhuboy purgunna. .one 

 similar at Surat. . charmers of serpents. . susceptible of music. . sacred serpents. . 

 anecdote of a naga, or hooded snake. . ordeal trials permitted at Dhuboy. . ac- 

 count of one. . general ordeals. . Dherna, a most extraordinary kind of arrest, and 

 punishment. . Koor equally singular and cruel. . Hindoos buried alive, .story 

 of a suttee, or a self-devoted Hindoo widow reclaimed. . ablutions and other 

 customs in India, .salt the symbol and pledge of hospitality, .anecdotes to illus- 

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General state of agriculture in Guzerat. .soil, .produce, .various crops. . cotton. . 

 . .batty, .juarree. . bahjeree, and smaller grains, .shrubs and seeds for oil. .palma 

 christi . . bhang . . tobacco. . betel. . poppy, opium. . sugar-cane. . double crops. . 

 enclosures, .morning beauties in India, .best mode of preserving health. . Guzerat 

 villages described, .tanks and wells. . allusions in scripture to living waters and 

 verdant scenery. . hospitality to travellers in Guzerat. . peasantry. . right of landed 

 property. . mode of cultivation, and appropriation of the produce. . massaulchee. . 

 illustration of a parable, .washerman, .cullies, or farm-yards. . oppression of the 

 zemindars .Hindoo and Mosaic charities, .unfavourable traits in the brahmin 

 character, and the Hindoo religion, .human sacrifices, .contrasted with Christi- 

 anity. . reflections on this subject, .jaghires and different tenures in Guzerat.. 

 scale of oriental despotism, .anecdote of cruel oppression at Tatta. . Mahratta 

 cruelty in the sheep-skin death. . Dr. Robertson, on landed property in India. . 

 extract from Wilks's History of Mysore. . Hindoo bill of sale of land., lease of 

 land at Baroche. .instructions on taking charge of Dhuboy. .minute respecting 

 landed property, and farming in Guzerat. .remark from Bombay. . replica- 

 tion from Baroche. .conclusion in favour of leases to respectable farmers in 

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