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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



District of Chandode. . solemn groves. . sanctity of Chandode. . brahmins. . temples. . 

 altars. . Jaggernaut. .account of the ceremonies there by Dr. Buchanan, .funeral 

 ceremony of the Hindoos. . beautiful address to the elements. . extract from Sa- 

 contala. . four grand divisions of Hindoo castes. . temple and village worship. . 

 sealing of the worshippers. . mark on the forehead very generally adopted. . orna- 

 ments and paintings in the temples. . Menu's Hindoo laws. , preliminary dis- 

 course. . brahmin ical belief in the unity of God. . polytheism of the Hindoos., 

 beautiul letter from a Hindoo rajah to Aurungzebe. . doctrine of the metempsy- 

 chosis, .doctrines of the Grecian philosophers, compared with the religion of the 

 patriarchs. . character of a real Yogee. . pure brahminism. . mysteries in their reli- 

 gion. . sublimity admitted. . truth and beauty of divine revelation far beyond them 

 .. happy death of a christian contrasted by Hindoo darkness and superstition., 

 further considerations on that subject. . idea of the Indian natives respecting 

 Christianity in its doctrines and practice. . the subject pursued in different points 

 of view. . effects of modern philosophy among the Europeans in India. . its different 

 effects, .an interesting conversion. . further reflections, .character of an excellent 

 minister, Swartz, and other Indian missionaries. . interest taken by George the 

 First and Archbishop Wake for the conversion of the Hindoos ; letter from the 

 prelate to the missionaries. . cause and effects of irreligion. . a sovereign remedy. . 

 beautiful extract from the writings of Bishop Home. . conclusion of the solemn 

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CHAPTER XXIX. 



Conquest of Ahmedabad by General Goddard. .journey from Dhuboy thither, 

 through Baroche, Ahmood, Jamboseer, and Cambay. .Guzerat coss. .Ahmood 

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