CONTENTS. 



Zinore purgunnah — town of Zinore — groves and temples — manufac- 

 tures — extreme fineness of India muslin in former times — primitive 

 simplicity of the natives — presents from Zemindars — brahmins of 

 Guzerat—jattaras, and religious customs near the Nerbudda — 

 history of Shaik Edroos, a leper — pilgrimage to Mecca — Hindoo 

 deities — Kama-deva, the god of love — sacred bulls — religious groves 

 —phallic deities — shapeless statue of the Paphian Venus — wretched 

 state of the Chaudalahs— anecdote of szmllowing a sword — mud- 

 palace at Zinore — cruelty of zemindars — amiable traits in the 

 Hindoo character — Bhauts and Churruns— fortune-telling brah- 

 mins — three extraordinary anecdotes of prophecies fulfilled, after 

 predictions by a celebrated soothsayer — refections on these singular 

 relations. 



