CONTENTS. 



Description of Ahmed- abad— when built by Sultan Ahmed — its for- 

 mer magnitude, and great decay, compared with Nineveh and 

 Babylon — contrast between the Mogul palaces and Mahratta 

 hovels— melancholy situation of the reduced Mogul families —chari- 

 ties in Ilindostan — caravansaries — those on the royal roads de- 

 scribed— J umma-musjed at Ahmed-abad, its uncommon grande, 

 and extent— tomb of sultan Ahmed — mosques of Sujaat Khaun— 

 ivory mosque— dreadful heat — public wells and aqueducts — palaces 

 and gardens — city of dust — banian hospital— gold formerly coined 

 there — public hummums — news writers — Kokarea — uncommon pal- 

 myra—Dutch burying-ground — Dutch and English factories — trade 

 at that time — manufactures —artists — Persian and Mogul beau- 

 ties — nurses in India — mausoleums and mosque at Sercaze — palace 

 and gardens at Shah-Bhaug — park and pleasure-grounds — Zenana 

 — arrangement in Akber's haram — Damascus rose — ottar of roses 

 — Nurse's well a most costly structure — sepulchres of Mahomedan 

 nurses — Narwallee, the ancient capital of Guzerat — conquered by 

 Afghans — indolent and peaceable character of the Hindoos — be- 

 came an easy conquest to these northern invaders — immense plunder 

 — splendid taste of their monarchs — the celestial bride — a gorgeous 



