xii CONTENTS. 



castes explained. . worshippers of Siva. . mystical poetry of the Asiatics. . com- 

 ments by Sir William Jones, .sublimity of the book of Job. . walls and lowers of 

 Dhuboy. .western colonnade. . comparison betweea the porticos at Dhuboy and 

 Pompeia. .city of Pompeia. . Roman villa near its entrance, .expense of the Dhu- 

 boy fortifications. . city gates. . gate of Diamonds, a general resort of the inhabit- 

 ants. . the woman of Samaria. . anecdote of Angelica Kauffman. . lines on a cele- 

 brated picture by Guercino. . serpents at Dhuboy. . guardians to Nero. . story of 

 the origin and magnificence of Dhuboy. .its destruction by the Mahornedans, 

 and subsequent history. . custom of giving a new name to oriental cities. . Dhuboy 

 surrounded by the Mahratta army, .official information relating to the purgunna 

 of Dhuboy, Zinore, and Bhaderpoor. . their revenues, commerce and agriculture 

 briefly stated, .the principal towns in those districts. . reason for inserting the 

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CHAPTER XXIV. 



Administration of justice in Dhuboy. . trial by panchaut. .satisfactory to the Indians 

 ..inefficacy of the English laws among the Hindoos. . sacred trees in the durbar 

 courts, .veneration of the Scythians and other nations for trees. . Hindoo religion 

 supposed to be coeval with the descendants of Noah, who emigrated from higher 

 Asia, .minutes in the Dhuboy courts of justice. . three extraordinary trials., in- 

 fanticide, .suicide common among the young Hindoo widows. . difficulty of pre- 

 venting it. .singular petition in the court of Adawlet at Baroche. .remarks on the 

 devils or genii mentioned therein. . general belief in their agency.. Dr. Fryer's 

 account of them. . believed among the ancients. . Dr. Buchanan's opinion. . gene- 

 ral remarks. . Lord Teignmouth's ideas of the Indian character. . five women put 

 to death as sorcerers. . modes of ascertaining the guilt of the accused, .singular 

 anecdotes, .necromancy of the Greeks. . demons in sacred and profane history., 

 persons possessed by them. . illustrated from Virgil and other writers. . hypothesis 

 placed in a full and fair light from an extraordinary occurrence in the life of Dr. 

 Townson. .letter from Lord North. . prayer of Dr. Townson on the subject of evil 

 spirits, .remarks by archdeacon Churton, illustrative of this curious subject.. 



