412 INDEX. 



Patna, city, iv. 91 ; massacre of the English by Cossim Ally, yo. 

 Patriarchal religion compared with Hinclooism, iii. 22. 

 Paugeahs, Maliratta cavalry officers, ii. 145. 

 Paul, his character, iv. 331, 2; sermon at Athens, 332. 

 Pearls, poetically applied, iii. 180. 



Pearls, Fall of, a cascade so called, iv. 95 ; Lake of Pearls, <jC>. 

 Peerana, celebrated for beautiful mcsques, iii. l6l. 

 Peer Payntee, Saint's Town, on the Ganges, iv. 95. 

 Peeyo, singing bird called the Beloved, iii. 315. 

 Pelicans, brahmins' request in their favour, ii. 308. 

 Pelwans, Hindoo combatants, their feats, i. 203. 

 Pepeehch, nocturnal singing bird, iii. 314. 



Pepper, staple commodity at Anjengo, i. 349; pepper-vine described, 349; trees 

 used for its supporters, ibid.; time of bearing, blossoms and fruit, ibid.; neatness 

 of pepper plantations, 350; general produce of pepper in Malabar, 351. 

 Perfumes, variety used in India, ii. 227. 

 Periplus of the Erythrean sea, ii. 221. 

 Persians; Herodotus on the ancient Persians, i. 113 ; Persian families at Cambay, iii. 



83; a Persian entertainment, 181. 

 Phanseegurs, extraordinary robbers and stranglers, iv. IS.. 

 Pied bird of Paradise, i. 3(30. 

 Pigeons ; green pigeon of Guzerat, ii. 275. 

 Pilaus, varieties of that dish in India, iii. 83. 

 Pilgrimage to Mecca, account of, ii. 135. 



Pilgrims, useful information from religious travellers in India, ii, 459. 

 Pindarees, plunderers in the Maliratta army, ii. 47. 153. 

 Pine apple, in India, i. 30. 

 Pitlabad, ancient mart of Malwa, iii. 482. 

 Pitlad purgunna, in Guzerat, iii. 95. 



Plassey, iv. 98 ; battle of Plassey, ibid.; success of a shooting-party there, ibid. 

 Plato ; sentiments corresponding with brahminism, ii. 22 ; further illustrated, iii. 260^ 



his sublime ideas of the deity, iv. 335 ; his summum bonum, 339. 

 Pliny, his pathetic reflections on human mortality, iv. 211 ; his letter to Calestrius 



346; his character by Lord Orrery, 347. 

 Plutarch, his humane remark, ii. 475. 

 Poets, oriental, their extravagant descriptions, iii. 235. 

 Poison, various kinds used in India, iii. 382 ; their gradual effects on body and mind, 



283; used by the ancient Romans, 384. 

 Polycote in Malwa, iv. 15. 

 Pomegranate* ii. 226. 

 Pomegranate wine,, ii. 226. 



