408 INDEX. 



Mountain goat of Turcaseer, ii. 281. 



Mourners tor the dead hired in India, iii. 252 ; compared with ancient customs, iii. 

 270 ; further particulars, iii. 379. 



Moiva tree, its valuable produce, ii. 451. 



Mucunda, an extraordinary brahmin, iii. 149; re-appears in the body of Akber, 

 iii. 150. 



Mucwas, or Mucwars, in Malabar, i. 3'20. 



Mulberries, of three kinds in Guzerat, iii. 276. 



Murder, one very extraordinary at Bombay, ii.262; of a young beauty near Bro- 

 dera, ii. 486 ; partiality of its punishment in Menu's laws, iii. 316. 



Muscovy drake, swallows a large serpent, iii. 337. 



Music, its power over serpents, antelopes, nightingales, and other parts of the ani- 

 mal creation, ii. 483 ; greatly encouraged by Akber, iii. 'zQi ; oriental music 

 estimated by Sir William Jones, iii. 295 ; account of it by Sir William Ouseley. 

 ibid. 



Musiris of the ancient Greeks, Mirzee, i. 304. 



Musk rat in India, i. 41. 



Mutt, grain for cattle in Guzerat, ii. 407- 



Muttrah, encampment of Mhadajee Sindia, near Agra, iv. 50. 



Myhi river, beauty of that river near the pass of Fazal-poor, ii. 101 ; further account 

 of the Myhi river, iii. 68 ; its source at Chumpapoora, iii. 483 ; beautiful cascade, 

 iii. 484. 



Mynah, talking bird in India, i. 47. 



Myrtle, poetical address to, iii. 178 ; Kessai's wise application of its leaf, iii. 179- 



Mystics, among the Persians and Hindoos, ii. 323. 



Naaman, his ablution illustrated, iii. 184. 



Nabob of Surat, ceremonies at a public visit in his durbar, i. 259 j his splendid pro- 

 cession to the grand mosque, i. 260. 



Nadir Shah, his character given by himself, i. 465. 



Naga, curious anecdote of a Naga serpent, ii. 388. 



Naiad, verses to Medhumad'ha, ii. 242. 



Naik Gopal, wonderful effect of his music, iii. 297. 



Nair, a high caste in Malabar, i. 377, 385 ; extraordinary customs of that tribe, i. 

 385 ; particulars from Dr. Buchanan, i. 387- 



Nair women, allowed a plurality of husbands, i. 385 ; causes assigned by Montes- 

 quieu, i. 386, some peculiar customs among them, i. 388. 



Nambouris, a caste in Malabar, i. 389. 



Narayena, the Spirit of God, i. 436; sublime hymn to Narayena, translated by Sir 

 William Jones, i. 436. 



