410 INDEX. 



Occlaseer, town and purgunna, ii. 216. 



Oil and oil plants in Ilindostan, ii. 40S ; oil of roses, i. 83 ; oil of the lion peculiarly 

 esteemed, Hi. 95. 



Ointment, illustration of Mary's alabaster box of, iii. 183; different kinds used in 

 India, iii. 237. 



Olas, palmyra leaves for Malabar writings, i. 391. 



Om, the great mysterious name of the Deity among the brahmins, i. 213. 



Omar, his bigotry in burning the Alexandrian library, ii. 28. 



Omens, general belief in, in Hindostan, ii. 95. 



Omercuntuc, a Hindoo temple near the source of the Nerbudda, ii. 30. 



Onore, or Honawera, described, i. 306; town, fort, and cultivation of the country, 

 307. 



Onore bar, its dangerous navigation, i. 309. 



Onore fort, taken from Tippoo Sultaun, by the British troops under Major Torriano, 

 iv. Ill; defended by him against the enemy, 109; distress of the garrison dur- 

 ing the siege, 110; their great exertions, 115; enemy's batteries stormed and 

 taken, 119; progress of the siege ; desertion and sickness of the garrison, 121, 

 be. ; arrival of a flag of truce, 124 ; siege changed to a blockade, 125 ; treachery 

 of Lutoph Ally, 12(i; Miiza Khan, his successor, 133; treacherous and inimical, 

 135 ; increase of desertion, sickness, and death in the garrison, and natives of 

 Onore, 145 ; news of peace between the English and Tippoo Sultaun, l6l ; gene- 

 ral orders in consequence, 163 ; festival in Mirza's camp, ibid ; reflections oil the 

 siege, 173. 



Oojen, or Ujene, the capital of Malwa, iv. 5; public buildings, fortresses, inhabit- 

 ants, &c. iv. (i, 7- 



Oontia-Bhaug, camel tiger, properly the lion of Guzerat, iii. 94. 



Opium in India, its various effects, i. 84 much used by Rajepoots and Gracias, ii. 

 27 ; how produced in Guzerat, ii. 410. 



Oppression, its system throughout India, ii. 427; scale of oppression by Orme, ii. 

 430; cruel oppressions at Cambay, iii. 80; poetical picture of oppression, 372. 



Oppressor and oppressed, the whole of mankind chiefly included by Sir William 

 Jones, iv. 201. 



Ophthalmia, cure of in India, iii. 431. 



Ordeal trials in Malabar, i. 318; different modes of proceeding, 319; ordeal at Dhu- 

 boy by boiling oil, ii. 389- 



Oriental cities, origin of their names, ii. 3?9- 



Ostentation, pageantry necessary in oriental governments, iii. 420 ; reflections on 

 adopting it at Dhuboy, 420, 421. 



Ostrich of Africa, ii. 184. 



Ottar, oil or attar of roses, in Hindostan, i. 83 ; rosaries at Ahmedabad for producing 

 it, iii. 139 ; this valuable perfume how made, ibid. ; various adulterations, 140. 



