424 INDEX. 



Wellesley, Sir Arthur, Lord Wellington, approbation of his high conduct, iv. 284, 288. 



Western Islands, Azores, ii. 203, 



Whipsnake in theConcan, i. 199- 



White ants, termites at Anjengo, their extraordinary depredations, i. 36l. Their 



singular situation in Sacontala, i.365. 

 Widow ; character, fortitude, and death of a Hindoo widow, iii.324; reflections, and 



comparison with European females, 326. Duty of preventing these suicides, 422. 

 Wild boars in Guzerat, ii. 286. 

 Winds, effect of hot winds in India, i. 34. Hot winds at Dazagon. i. 193. Their 



extreme heat at Narranseer, ii. 30. Dreadful oti a march, ii. 46. Well described 



by Bernier, ii. 46. 

 Wise women, diviners in India so called, iii. 232. 



Witchcraft, death of five women for that crime, ii. 374. Singular instance of sor- 

 cery at Hydrabad, iii. 390, 

 Wolves, their astonishing ferocity during a famine in Bengal, iii. 6l. Their savage 



cruelty at Caunpore, iv. 81. 

 Woman, her high character, iii. 327. 

 Wood-apple, a fruit in Hindostan, i. 269. 



Wood, Colonel, his campaign, and correspondence with Hyder Ally, iii. 285. 

 Worship, public, at sea, grandeur of the spectacle, i. 12. 

 Written mountains, affinity between those in Arabia, and the excavated mountains 



in India, i. 449- 



Xerxes, Pliny's reflection on the royal tears when reviewing his army, ii. 212. 

 Xenophon, his anecdote of Socrates and Aristodeinus, iv. 334. 



Yogees, Hindoo religious mendicants, i. 69. Their extraordinary penances, i. 69. 



Severe injunctions for that order of men, iii. 24. 

 Yuzef Zelekha, by Jami, stanzas from that poem, iii. 236. 



Zamorine of Calicut, his cruel treatment by Hyder Ally, iv. 207. 



Zebra of Africa, ii. 183. 



Zeida, her beauty, virtues, and situation with an English gentleman, iii. 233. Mar- 

 ried to a cavalry officer, iii. 234. Unhappiness, and endeavour to regain her for- 

 mer lover, 234. Interesting interview, 235.. Pathetic lamentation of Zeida on 

 her disappointment, 236. 



Zehra, palace and gardens, iv. 196. 



Zelekha of Jami, stanzas from, iii. 236. 



Zemindars, officers in the revenue departments, and farmers of villages, ii. 419. 

 Their presents at Zinore, to the collector, ii. 504. Beauty and delicacy of their 

 women, ii. 5 J 8. 



