CONTENTS. 



District of Chandode — solemn groves — sanctity of Chandode — brah- 

 mins—temples — altars — Juggernaut — account of the ceremonies 

 there by Dr. Buchanan— funeral ceremony of the Hindoos — beau- 

 tiful address to the elements — extract from Sacontala — four grand 

 divisons 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 — Menus Hindoo laws — preli- 

 minary discourse — brahminical belief in the unity of God — poly- 

 theism of the Hindoos — beautiful letter from a Hindoo rajah to Au- 

 rungzebe — doctrine of the metempsychosis — doctrines of the Grecian 

 philosophers, compared with the religion of the patriarchs — character 

 of a realYogee — pure brahminism — mysteries in their religion — sub- 

 limity 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 excel- 

 lent minister, Szvartz, and other Indian missionaries — interest 



