CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Excursion of a shooting party in Turcaseer, its uninhabited and savage forests, .wild 

 beasts, .monkeys, .bheels. . serpents, .locusts, their appearance and astonishing 

 depredations. . locusts in Egypt, . whether quails or locusts the food of the Israelites 

 in the desert. . feathered game of Guzerat. . Florican. . Culleicu and Sahras. . anec- 

 dote of a Sahras. . beauty ofthebaubul, or acacia. . curious instinct and sagacity 

 in the baubul caterpillar. . further description of the baya, or bottle-nested spar- 

 row. . instinct of various animals. . Addison's remarks thereon. . Raje-pipley hills 

 ..Tiger mountain, .number of wild animals in those unfrequented regions., 

 size of the royal tiger, .various habits of tigers., of hyenas and other beasts of 

 prey. . rhinoceros, the unieorn of scripture. . wild hogs, .bears, .anecdote of their 

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CHAPTER XXIII. 



Appointment to Dhuboy. . revenue of the purgunna. . peninsula of Guzerat. .reve- 

 nues of that province, .general division of Hindostan. .city of Dhuboy. .inhabi- 

 tants. . tank .. aqueduct .. festivity at the commencement of the rains. . sacred 

 groves. . durbar. . mischievous monkeys. . curious anecdote of their agency. . setting 

 in of the monsoon, .beauty and fertility of the surrounding country. . Powaghurr 

 ..source of the Nerbudda. . story of Narmada from the Hindoo mythology., 

 address to Narmada. . ablutions of the Hindoos. . uncharitableness of the brahmins 

 ..goddess of the poor. . recluse brahmins of Dhuboy .. missionaries from the 

 church of Rome in India, .requests of the brahmins, .metempsychosis, .high privi- 

 leges of the brahmins, .low estate of the Chandala caste. . cruelty of the Jaina 

 brahmins. . account of the Jainas. . extraordinary penance of a brahmecary. . singu- 

 lar anecdotes of religious Hindoos. . Mahomedan persecutions. . extracts from 

 colonel Wilks's history of Mysore. . administration of justice in British India. . 

 panchaiet, or Indian jury, .contradictions in the Hindoo character, .distinction of 



