398 INDEX. 



Hajje, pilgrimage to Mecca, so called, ii. 309- Ceremonies more fully detailed, iii. 135. 



Hakluyt, his obsei vations on foreign travel, iv. 27S. 



Halcarras, letter carriers and spies in India, i. 84. 



Hannah, her sublime prayer, iv. 344. 



Haram, women's apartment at an Indian palace, i. 252. Acber's haram, described, 

 iii. 137- Description of Asiatic love, iii. 269- Visits of European physicians in 

 the female apartments, iii. 328. 



Harasar, beauty of the women there, i. 190. 



Haroun-Al-Rashid, his laconic and cruel letter to Nieephorus, iv. 193. 



Hastings, Warren, esq., his amiable character by a Hindoo pilgrim, ii. 462; com- 

 pared to a Banian-tree, as emblematical of the Godhead, 402 ; his cruel persecu- 

 tions in England, 463; triumphant acquittal, and eulogium from Bengal, 463; 

 retirement at Dalesford, 464. Enlightened and intellectual pursuits when governor- 

 general, iv. 296. Public testimony of his high character and administration in 

 India, iv. 284. 



Hawking in India, ii. 479- 



Health, easy rules for preserving it in India, ii. 412 ; verses on that subject, 412. 



Heart-eaters, extraordinary necromancers, ii. 523; dreadful effects of their witch- 

 craft, 524. 



Heat, general state of the thermometer in the different seasons, in Guzerat iii. 246. 



Heetopades, sacred book of the Hindoos, iv. 296. 



Heliogabalus, his dish of Ostrich brains, ii. 184. 



Ilerculaneum, similarity between the Roman buildings and modern Indian houses, 

 ii. 326. 



Hermaphrodites, common in the Mahratta camp, ii. 62; their occupation, ibid. 



Hermits, an extraordinary set of devotees among the Hindoos, ii. 315. 



Herodotus, his character, i. 398 ; passages in his history illustrated, 398. 



High-ways levelled for travellers in India, explanatory of a passage in scripture, i. 

 213. 



Hill of Lustre, an appellation given to a magnificent diamond, iii. 84. 



Hindoos, their origin, i. 59; division into tribes, 60 ; dress, manners, and general 

 habits, 71 ; houses, 75; education, 75; character by an accurate observer, i. 216; 

 exposed to die on the banks of the Ganges, 220; wretchedness of those who save 

 their life, 221 ; dutiful and affectionate in their relative situations, 222; funeral 

 ceremonies and burning the dead, i. 77- Great contrast in the Hindoo character, 

 ii. 76. Their toleration for other religions, ii. 225. Their strange and contradic- 

 tory character, ii. 320. Degradation of the ancient Brahminical religion and sim- 

 plicity of character, ii. 541. Immemorial affinity with other nations, iii. 74. Their 

 unjust laws respecting the low castes, iv. 313; compared with Christian benevo- 

 lence, ibid. 

 Hindoo JEra, iv. 8. 



