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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



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

 Arras., his flight 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 Ze- 

 nana. . interview with the chief and council of Surat at Domus. . reluctance of 

 the Hindoos to undertake a sea vo}'age. .voyage from Surat to Cambay.. 

 Gons;wa. . Gosaings, their peculiar character. . tides in the gulf of Cambay ; their 

 rapidity and danger, .nutee-fish. .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 re- 

 moves from the city to a summer palace. . public visit of the British commander 



and his staff. . ceremony of making presents in the east. . various particulars 



English detachment encamp at Naranseer, near Cambay. . city of Cambay de- 

 scribed. . 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. . abundance of provisions. . wells. . cornelians, agates, and Cambay stones 

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