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vinces of Hindostan. They do not always wear ear-rings ; but when 

 dressed, 1 ! are adorned with rows of pearl, diamonds, rubies and emeralds ; 

 also rings of great value. 



XIX. 



A Mahomedan of Distinction, with a Dervise on his Pilgrimage. 



The sitting figure smoking the Hooka is a Sciad, of a high Mahome- 

 dan family, claiming his descent from the prophet of the faithful. He is 

 accosted by a Mahomedan fakeer, or dervise, with his lark and staff, 

 the usual accompaniments of those religious beggars; who, like the Hindoo 

 mendicants, travel throughout Hindostan, living upon alms, 



XX. 



Par sees at Bombay. 



The Parsees, descended from the Persian emigrants who left their coun- 

 try on the Mahomedan persecutions, and settled at Bombay, Surat, and 

 Baroche, are particularly described in the Memoirs. They are a people 

 differing very much in appearance and character from the Hindoos and 

 Mahomedans, among whom they reside, and are in all respects perfectly 

 distinct and separate. The drawing was taken from a Parsee family at 

 Bombay. The back ground represents one of the common wells in India, 

 with the cocoa-nut, papah, and plaintain trees, and a distant view of a 

 Parsee tomb on Malabar Hill. 



XXI. 



View of Bombay in 1773, taken from the Harbour. 



This view contains the general face of the town towards the harbour ; 

 commencing with the dock-yard, and including the Admiralty, Marine- 

 house, English Church, Pier, Bunder, Castle, Dungaree Fort, or Fort 

 George, and other conspicuous buildings, taken from the shipping oppo- 

 site the Bunder-pier, 



