392 INDEX. 



Custard-apple, a delicious Fruit, i. 30. Of two kinds, iii. 410. Dedicated to Hindoo 



deities, ii. 406. 

 Cutch, country celebrated for horses, iii. 100. 



Dahder river in Guzerat, ii. 104. Dreadful storm on its banks, ii. 125. 



Damajee, a Mahratta chieftain, his conquests in Guzerat, ii. 84. .Aggrandizement of 

 his family, 85. Dissensions among his children, ii. 86. 



Damascus rose, scripture rose of Sharon, iii. I3i). Its altar, or essential oil, ibid. 



Damoder Madonjee, Letter from, iv. 026. 



Dances at the commencement of the rains, ii. 295. 



Dancing, a Hindoo's opinion of English dances, iii. 81. 



Dancing-girls, their songs and dances,!. 81. Some dedicated to the gods and brah- 

 mins, i. 213. Those in the Mahratta camp, ii. 53. Those at Cambay, iii. 176. 

 Songs translated, iii. 176. 



Dancing snakes in India, i. 44. 



Dandies, boatmen on the Ganges, iv. 99- 



Dazagon village and hot wells, i. 192. 



Death, average of European deaths in India, i. 163. 



Delhi, present state of that city, iv. 6l. Without an inhabitant, 62. Fortress 6G. 

 Tombs, 66. 



Depravity, general trait of the Indian character, iii. 438. Letter from an officer on 

 that subject, 438. Further proofs, 440. 



Despotism, its principle and effects, iii. 153. Admirably displayed, iii. 168. 



Despot, general oriental character, ii. 24. 



Desserah, Hindoo festival on the Ganges, iv. 97- 



Devil, ludicrous account of his christian worshippers, iii. 78. 



Devils, demons, extraordinary petition respecting a devil, or evil spirit, ii. 367. 



Dliall, standard of the Mahratta empire, ii. 150. 



Dherna, an extraordinary custom among the Hindoos, ii. 391. 



Dhuboy, a Mahratta city in Guzerat, ii. 123. Winter quarters of the Bombay army 

 in 1775, 123. Brief description of the place, 124. More fully described, 294. 

 Durbar, gardens, &c. 297. Beauty of the western fortifications, 325 ; compared 

 with the guard-room at Pompeii, 325. Immense expence of the Dhuboy works, 

 327. Romantic anecdote of its origin, 335. Surrounded by the Mahratta army, 

 340. Collector's instructions on taking charge of Dhuboy, 341. An asylum for 

 the animal creation, 350. Order for Dhuboy being ceded to the Mahrattas, iii. 

 360. Affectionate behaviour of the inhabitants on that occasion, 36 1. Present 

 of images by the brahmins, S62. Grateful tribute from the elders, 366. Reflec- 

 tions in consequence, 367. Their sorrow respecting the Gracias, 368. Change 

 of measures on that occasion, 371. Verses on leaving Dhuboy, 372. Ambuscade 

 of the Gracias, 378. 



