INDEX. 423 



Verses on leaving Dhuboy, iii. 372. 



on Vezelpoor village and gardens, iii. 466. 



on Maria, iv. 203. 



on finally leaving India, iv. 217. 



Vertomannus, his account of the Malabars, i. 411. 



Vezelpoor, village in Guzerat, ii. 239. Villa and gardens described, ii. 240. Their 



subsequent desolation, iii. 464. Illustration from scripture, iii. 460. Verses on 



that village, iii. 466. 

 Victims, human, formerly sacrificed to the Hindoo deities, iv. 310. 

 Victoria Fort, particulars of the country and inhabitants in that part of the Concan, 



i. 187. 

 Victory, Horn of Victory, a title in India, iii. 278. 

 Villages in Guzerat, described, ii. 413. Appropriation of their produce, ii. 416. 



Charitable donations from the revenue, ii. 420. The principal deities of the 



Hindoo villagers, iii. 70. 

 Vingorla, a seaport near Goa, i. 293. 

 Viziapoor, geography of its coast, i. 294. 

 Voltaire, fatal effects of his philosophy in India, iii. 184. 

 Vultures, i. 47 ; i. 112. 



Wages, cheap price of labour in India, ii. 252. 



War, reflections on, iv. 129. 



Warriors, Indian, their wonderful exploits, ii. 43. Their comparative excellence, 



ii. 45. 

 Wartruc, a river in Guzerat, ii. 74. 

 Washermen, publicly provided for in Guzerat, ii. 418. 

 Washing in India, ii.418. 

 Water, scarcity of, in the Concan, i. 215. A great luxury in the hot winds, ii. 30. 



An emblem of protection and hospitality, ii. 399- Fountains and rivers illustrate 



spiritual blessings, ii. 414. Ganges water usually drank by Indian princes, iii. 



272. Deleterious effects of at Powagur, iii. 316. 

 Water Melons, their excellence at Baroche, ii. 225. 



Water snakes, on the Malabar coast, i. 325. Seldom venomous, iii. 33G. 

 Water-spout, described, i. 310. 



Watson, bishop, his opinion respecting the natives of India, i. 142. 

 Wedded Banian tree, ii. 453. 

 Wells, great charity in making them in India, i. 215- Marriage of a well to a mango 



tope, iii. 56. Number of excellent wells at Ahmedabad, iii. 127- Magnificence 



of those at Brodera,iii. 271. Inscription on Soliman's well at Brodera, iii. 271. 



A famous one for giving understanding and eye-sight, iii. 419- 

 Wellesley, marquis, honourable testimony of his administration in India, iv. 285. 



