their property, and to drive them out of a country in which they had been permitted to settle; inclined to spare the fallen and raise the oppressed; sometimes made unwilling parties to the grasping desires of their servants, but ever anxious to expose their villany to public execration. If national gratitude be due for great and signal services rendered to our country, every Briton owes a large sum to the East India Company. In short, Providence seems to have raised them up as one of the great supports of England in her long and mighty struggle for political existence.

INDEX.

ABERCROMBY, General, page 241. 254.

Abject slavery of the Javanese, 78.

Abul Fazel, quoted, (in many places), 9.; his death, 139.
Achmuty, Sir Samuel, subjugates Java, 254.

Acottah, 240.

Act, 53 Geo. 3. cap. 155., 478.

Adams, Colonel, defeats the Peishwa, 286. 296.

Adams, Major, 226.

Addenda, 411.

Adjighur, tragic event there, 319.

Afghanistan, some account of it, 7.

Ahmid Shah Abdalli gains the battle of Panniput, 9.

Albuquerque, Alphonso, his great exploits, 157.; death and
character, 168.

Alcananda, a river in Serinagur, 20.

Alexander the Great, his invasion of India, &c., 132.

Alexandria, its site happily chosen, ib.

Allahabad, some account of it, 120.; its curious fort, 356.

Almeyda, Laurence de, his noble conduct, 173.

Almora, a province of Nepaul, 19.

Altitude, its effect on climate, 28.

Alvares Cabral arrives in India, 155.

Ambition, the road to its gratification in India, 98.

Amboyna, massacre of the British there, 220.

America enjoys a free trade with India and China, 403.

Amyatt, Mr., his barbarous murder, 225.

Anchar, or poison tree of Java, 428.

Andamans described, 61.

Anecdote of the high priest of Badrinaut, 16.
Angeah grass of Bengal, 435.

Animal food eaten by many Hindoos, 434.

Animal life, great superabundance of it in Tibet, 11.

Antiquity of monuments in India, remarks on the subject, 351.
Appendix. Note 1. on Juggernaut, 383. Note 2. on the fa-
natics of India, 385.; and other notes under their proper
heads.

Arabians, they attack the Portuguese, 163.

Aramra pagoda, 468.

Arañjo, his disinterestedness, 176.

Areca, an account of this nut, 188.

Argaum, battle of, 250.

Arnold, Colonel, 269.

Arracan, 32.

Arrowsmith's four sheet map, in what correct, &c., 2.

Ashtee, action of, 289. 451.

Asiatic Researches, sixth volume, referred to for a description

of the caves of Elora, 313.

Asiatic Society, 410.

Assam, 32. 415.

Assay, battle of, 250.

Ataida, his patriotism, 176.

Atalantis, island of, search made for it, 150.

Atmosphere, man seems to be every where like it, 91.

Aurengzebe conquers the Deccan, 139.

Aurungabad, 341.

Austria attempts to share in the trade of India, 215.
Ava, 32.

Baber, sultan, invades India, &c., 138.
Badé Sumoom, the danger of it, &c., 4.
Badrinaut, state of the high priest, 16.
Bahar described, 119.

Baillie, Colonel, his defeat, 235.

Bairagis, some account of them, 15.
Baird, Sir David, 247. 397.

Badjeerow, 248.; flies to Bassein, 249.

Baldæus quoted, 180. 326.

Ballajee-row, 248.

Baloochistan, some account of it, 3.
Bamboo, used for boiling rice in, 73.

Banca, famous for its tin mines, 61.

Bantam, the English driven from it by the Dutch, 221.
Banyan tree, described, 438.

Banyans, some account of them, 123.

Baptist mission at Serampore, 213. 397.

Barlow, Sir George H., 252, 253.

Batavia, an account of it and the Dutch, 190.

Bate island, some account of it, 469.

Battle between the Gosains and Bairagis at Hurdwarra, 16.

Beards, sworn by in Baloochistan, 4.

Bedahs of Ceylon, some account of them, 59.

Benares described, 355.

Bencoolen, some account of it, 74.

Bengal, some account of its eastern frontier, 28.; description

of the province of, 118.

Bengal royal tiger, some account of this animal, 436.

Benzoin, some account of it, 72.

Bernier's account of Cashmere referred to, 8.

Best, Captain Thomas, 221.

Betel described, 188.

Bhagmutty river, 18.

Bhatgong, some account of it, 22.

Bhauts of Guzerat, some account of them, 123.

Bheem Sing Tapah, 27.

Bheema Bhye, 286.

Bhurtpore besieged, 250.

Biajoos, some account of them, 81.

Bicrama Say, rajah, 27.

Bird-catching spiders of Ceylon, 421.

Bird of paradise, described, 427.

Birds, remarkable, of India, 427.

Birman empire, some account of it, 32.; emperor's palace,
&c., 417.

Bisayans, some account of them, 84.

Black hole of Calcutta, some account of Mr. Holwell's suffer
ings in it, &c., 442.

Blackney, Captain, 262.

Boa constrictor, some account of it, 430.
Board of control, its powers, 238.

Bobilee, storm of it, 317.

Boglipore, a town of Rajemal, 29.

Bombay Literary Society, 464.

Bonaparte expected from Egypt, 244. 254.
Bones of the pilgrims near Gangotra, 13.
Bootan described, 28.

Boras, some account of them, 125.

Borders of the Cashmere shawls, curious fact, 8.

Borneo described, 82.

Boscawen, Admiral, besieges Pondicherry, 205.

Bottelho, James, his daring conduct, 175.

Boughtee Thappa, his death, 268.

Bourdonnais, M., 207.

Brahmanabad, once called Pattala, 6.

Brahmanism, its history, 142.

Brahmans, some account of them, 99.

Braithwaite, Colonel, 236.

Bride, how she is paraded about in India, 79. 386.

Bridges of India, some account of them, 354.

Brown, General, 286.

Brownrigg, Sir R., conquers Ceylon, 272.

Buchanan, Dr., the Rev., &c., 383.

Buckingham, Mr., his case, 404.

Budha, his religion, 31.

Budhists, some account of them, 144.

Buffaloes sacrificed to Bhavani in Nepaul, 24.

Burke, Mr., 243.

Burr, Colonel, his brave stand at Kirkee, 278. 449.
Bussy, M. 317.

Buxar, battle of, 225.

Cabul, some account of it, 8, 9.

Caffristan, where situated, 8.

Camac, General, 234.

Camoens' cave, 49.

Campbell, Lieutenant, 281.