CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
The author embarks as a Writer for Bombay. . Peak of Teneriffe. , Cape de Verd 
Islands. . St. Jago briefly described. . sail for the Cape of Good Hope. . obliged to 
steer to the coast of Brazil, .arrival at Rio de Janeiro, .beauty of the country. . 
brilliancy of the birds. . Humming-birds described, .serpents and reptiles. . City of 
St. Sebastian. . inhabitants. . provisions. . natives of Brazil. . gold and diamond 
mines. . departure from South America. . Tristan de Cunha. . Table land. . storms 
off the Cape of Good Hope. . Ocean Fish. . dying Dolphin. . ship on fire. . calms 
. . sea-scurvy, .funeral ceremony at sea. .public worship on board a large vessel a 
delightful spectacle, .monotony and distress in long calms. . discovery of land!. . 
Malabar coast. . settlement of Cochin. . Calicut. . Tellicherry. . Mangalore. . Goa 
harbour, and city. . arrival at Bombay Page 5 
CHAPTER II. 
Residence at Bombay. . brief state of that .settlement in 17f>6. . soil, climate, and 
natural productions. . cocoa-nut. tree fully described. . palmyra. . date and banian- 
tree. . gymnosophists. . cubbeer. . burr. . anecdote of monkeys. . areca, betel, mango, 
and other fruits of Hindostan. . flower. . vegetables. . rice-grounds. . rainy season 
. . dreadful famines in India.. 21 
CHAPTER III. 
Wild beasts of Hindostan. . mus-malabaricus. . musk-rat. . ants. . termites. . lizards. . 
Guana. . serpents. . cobra de capello. . cobra minelle. . fatal effect of the poison of 
the hooded snake. . Dr. Russell on Indian serpents. . insects of India. , locusts. . 
honey. . ghee. . birds of Hindostan. . myneh. . Baya, bottle-nested sparrow. . tailor- 
bird, . Bulbul, Indian nightingale, . Persian ode. . fish at Bombay., ,,,,,,,,,,, 41 
