CONTENTS. 



Administration of justice in Dhuboy — trial by panchaut — satisfactory 

 to the Indians — inefficacy of the English lazes among the Hin- 

 doos — sacred trees in the durbar courts — veneration of the Scy- 

 thians 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 extraordi- 

 nary trials — infanticide — suicide common among the young Hindoo 

 widows — difficulty of preventing 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 — 

 general remarks — Lord Teignmouth's ideas of the Indian charac- 

 ter — -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 prof ane 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 Chart on, illus- 

 trative of this curious subject— hidden treasure common among the 

 ancients ; anecdote of Nero's credulity on that subject J'rom Tacitus 

 — wonderful accumulation of Asiatic wealth — guarded by serpents 

 •—an extraordinary event of tins nature in the Dhuboy purgunna 



