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picture of the best part of the Concan, or Cokun, which means the low- 

 country, compared with the Deccan, situated above the Gaut mountains. 



XXV. 



The Golden Lizard, on a Sprig of the Neva Tree. 



Nothing can exceed the brilliant colouring of the lizard attempted in 

 this plate; when the sun shone upon the blue and yellow divisions of its 

 body, the richness baffled all attempts at imitation. The Neva tree, when 

 covered with its pensile blossoms, is one of the most elegant vegetable pro- 

 ductions in Hindostan. 



XXVL 



A distant View of the Hindoo Temple at Alia Bhaugh, with different 



Natives in the Concan. 



This elegant Hindoo structure was drawn from the temple erected by 

 Govindsett, particularly described at p. 226, Vol. I. The men in the 

 foreground, and the women with the water-pots near the well, are in the 

 costume of the better sort of natives in the Concan. 



XXVIL 



Surat on the Banks of the Tappee. 



The engraving represents this celebrated city in the most interesting 

 point of view, from the English factory to the Dutch bunder, taken on 

 the opposite side of the river. In the centre is the castle, with the British 

 and Mogul colours on the towers; the more distant flag surmounts the Por- 

 tugueze factory. 



