400 INDEX. 



Horses atOnore; infamous conduct of Tippoo's officers concerning them, iv. 170; 

 shot to death, 170. 



Hospitality to travellers in Guzerat, ii. 415. Modern oriental hospitality, iii. 188 — 

 190. 



Hossamlee, battle of, in Guzerat, ii. 72. 



Hottentots at the Cape of Good Hope, ii. 178; general character of those in the in- 

 terior parts of Africa, ii. 179- 



Hot wells at Vazarabhy, iv. 250; particularised, ibid. 



Houssain, solemn anniversary of his murder, ii. 237- 



lamentations of his family, ii. 238. 



addresses to his horse, Zual-Jinnah, ii. 238, 9- 



Huma, bird of happy omen in Asia, iv. 191. 



chief ornament ofTippoo Sultan's throne, iv. 191. 



Humaioon, emperor of Delhi, iii. 146. 



Human sacrifice, extraordinary one at Neriad, ii. 93. 



Humiliation, degrading obeisance required by the Greek and Roman emperors, iii. 

 304. 



Humming birds, in South America, their great beauty and variety, i. 7. 



Hu miliums in India, their great refreshment and use, i. 83. Those at Surat de- 

 scribed i. 255. Ruins of baths at Ahmedabad, iii. 129- 



Hunting; magnificence of the ancient royal hunts in India, ii. 488; description of a 

 tiger hunt in Bengal, 489. Hunt for lions, iii. 91. 



Hurra Punt, an infamous traitor among the English allies, ii. 97 ; his deserved fate, 99. 



Husserat ; household troops at Poonah, ii.47- 



Hyder Ally Khan, his letter to colonel Wood, iii. 287. 



his character, compared with that of his son Tippoo Sultaun, iv. 



187; his birth, rise, and progress in life, 188. 



Hyder Nuggur, Gaut, taken from the English by Hyder's troops, iv. 113. 



Hyderabad, in Guzerat, battle there, ii. 81. A singular family combat, ii. 81. 



capital of the Nizam, extraordinary instance of modern witchcraft in that 



city, iii. 392. 



Ice used in India, ii. 227. 



. . . abundance prepared for Alexander the Great, ii. 227- 



Ichneumon, Mongouse of Malabar, i. 358. Its instinctive remedy for the bite of a 



serpent, ii. 248 

 Idols, manufacture of those in India, iii. 340. 



Infanticide in Guzerat, iii. 422; abolished by governor Duncan, ibid. 

 Infants, given by Hindoo mothers, a living offering to alligators, iv. S10. 

 India, its Greek derivation, i. 59 ; its ancient trade with the Greeks, i. 245. 

 Indigo, its manufacture at Cambay, ii. 19. 



