CONTENTS. 
XVII 
moral and religious system of the Hindoos. . their erroneous chronology. . geo- 
graphy of the Brahmins, .astronomy, .ancient history. . the deluge confirmed by 
the Hindoo scriptures. . Iran in its ancient state. . comparison between the Egyp- 
tians and Hindoos. . further illustrations of the Hindoo religion, compared with 
the Mosaical dispensation. . moral character of the Hindoos, as influenced by 
religion and climate. . blessings of Christianity. . valuable quotation from Bishop 
Watson. . conclusion respecting the confirmation which sacred history receives 
from the Hindoo religion.. 1G1 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Town of Bombay. . fortifications. . harbour. . docks. . marine yard. . public buildings. . 
hospitals. . ecclesiastical establishment. . English houses. . verandas. . villas. . bazar 
.. Asiatic houses. . extensive commerce of Bombay. . civil and military establish- 
ment. . courts of justice. . amiable character of the European inhabitants. . furni- 
ture, equipage, servants. . purvoes. .domestic arrangement, .moonlight evenings. „ 
Dr. Fryer’s account of Bombay in the seventeenth century, on the first establish- 
ment of the English, compared with its modern history. . small salary allowed by 
the India Company to their junior servants, the cause of much distress, . repre- 
sentation in consequence. . not noticed in England. . a second letter to the gover- 
nor and council, .melancholy statement accompanying it. .the governor’s minute 
o . pecuniary redress in consequence.. .................................. 151 
CHAPTER IX. 
English settlement of Fort Victoria. . adjoining country. . Brahmin village of Har- 
rasar, beauty of the women, simplicitj' of their manners, .hot wells at Dazagon. . 
effect of the waters. . voyage thither from Fort Victoria. . prospect from Dazagon 
..extreme heat. . hot winds. . wild beasts, danger from tigers. . chamelion of the 
Concan. . serpents. . excavations in the mountains. . Hindoo devotees, swingers, 
jugglers, combatants, and vanlters. . Marre. . religious hermit. . Mahratta govern- 
ment. . oppression of their subjects. . commencement of a journey to Bombay, „ 
number of attendants and necessaries. . corn ricks. . Candhar. . caravan of oxen. . 
V anj arras. . Gau t mountains. . monsoons. . Mahomedan burying-ground our dor- 
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