CONTENTS. 
XXI 
slavery. . cheap purchase of children. . anecdote of a fish-woman. . houses of the 
Malabars .. furniture .. implements of agriculture .. tribe of Pooleahs .. their 
wretched degradation, and miserable situation. . Pariars, a caste still more de- 
graded.. Dr. Robertson’s account of the Pariars. . excommunication, or loss of 
caste, dreadful to a Hindoo. . purport of the cruel sentence. . comparison between 
the Hindoos and Egyptians. . many tribes mentioned by Herodotus. . their man- 
ners and customs illustrated by those of the Malabars. . Paramahansa. . Hindoo 
anthropophagi. . further particulars of the Pooleahs and Pariars. . Moplahs, Ma- 
homedan Malabars. .their character, ferocity, manners, and customs. . run-a-muck 
» .massacre of the English at Attinga. . queen of Attinga, a shadow of royalty. . 
interesting particulars of the St. Thome, or Syrian Christians in the interior of 
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CHAPTER XIV. 
Excavations at Salsette and the Elephanta. .correctness of Mr. Daniel’s delineations 
. .long ignorance of their founder, .journey from Bombay to Salsette : description 
of the great temple there. . ancient basilic lingam. . portico. . dimensions of the 
principal temples. . smaller excavations. . indicate an ancient city for religious 
brahmins. . poetical description. . view from the summit of the excavated moun- 
tain. . depredations of the tigers. . anecdotes of tigers. . island of Elephanta.. 
excavations. . grand temple. . sculpture .. comparison between the Grecian and 
Hindoo artists. . inferiority of the latter. . columns. . baths. . smaller caves. . visit to 
the Elephanta with an English artist. . sleep at Butcher’s island. . solemnity of the 
temple at Elephanta. . comparison between it and the excavations in Egypt., 
deism of the brahmins. . opinion of Sir William Jones on their religion. . stanza 
of the hymn to Narayena. . Dr. Flyer’s journey to the caves of Salsette in the 
seventeenth century, and account ot those works, .opinion refuted of their being 
formed by Jews, Greeks, or foreigners of any description. . caverns and temples 
at Ellora. . their history, antiquity, and destination. . Mr. Goldingham’s account 
of the Elephanta and discrimination of their sculpture, .the subjects illustrated. . 
Mr. Wilford’s translation of the inscriptions. . conjecture respecting the origin of 
these excavations. . wars of the Kooroos and Pandoos from the. Hindoo legends.. 
