CONTENTS. 



Conquest of Ahmedahad by General Goddard — -journey from Dhuboy 

 thither, through Baroche, Ahmood, Jamboseer, and Cambay — 

 Guzerat coss — Ahmood purgunna — town of Ahmood — swelling 

 of the Indian rivers — account of a dreadful storm in Guzerat — 

 mode of crossing the Guzerat rivers — mango topes — Jamboseer 

 purgunnah — plentiful crops — general effects of famine in Hindos- 

 tan — particulars of a dreadful famine in the Bengal provinces — • 

 British humanity on that occasion — tozmi of Jamboseer — Gurry — 

 Hindoo houses — Coolies, a tribe of robbers — poetical description of 

 a Hindoo village — manner of travelling — Brahminic kites and 

 vultures — Pariar dogs — erroneous geography of Pliny — sardonyx 

 mountains— river Myhi— further account of the Coolies — their 

 country described — Cambay purgunna — remains of antiquity near 

 Cambay — Cambat — ancient pillar — pillar of Feroze Shah — Sacred 

 Isles of the West, a very curious research — resemblance between the 

 Hindoo and English festivals — that of the Hooli, and Vastu Puja 

 — singular ceremonies of Hindoo worship — strange misconception of 

 a transaction at Dhuboy — cruel oppressions by the Nabob of Cam- 

 bay — ruinous state of his country and capital — noble character of 

 Akber — arrival at Cambay, and polite reception by theNabob and 

 Vizier — elegant entertainment at the Vizier's house — Persian emi- 

 grants at Cambay — magnificent jexcels — the hill of lustre, and ocean 



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