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Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, Volume 2 (of 2)

Chapter 127: INDEX.
By Fanny Parkes Parlby
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A long-form travel memoir recounts extensive journeys through the East, combining vivid landscape description with close cultural observation. The narrator records visits to military camps and secluded women's quarters (zenānas), noting dress, domestic rituals, entertainments, and household customs. Interwoven episodes feature river voyages, storms, ruined sites, minting and coinage, and sketches of local ceremonies, superstitions, and legal and social pressures on women. Personal anecdotes, ethnographic detail, and visual sketches together create a textured ledger of encounters with different social ranks and the political unrest and everyday life encountered on the road.

INDEX.

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  • A.
  • Aboo, tomb of, vol. ii. 223.
  • Abrus precatorius, i. 315.
  • Acacia Arabica, i. 221; ii. 74.
  • Achibut chamber, i. 213.
  • —, sacred, i. 214.
  • Adansonia digitata, i. 116-118, 225.
  • Æschynomene grandiflora, i. 316.
  • — paludosa, i. 286.
  • Āghā Meer, i. 165.
  • Agra, great gun at, i. 276.
  • Akbar Shāh, tomb of, at Secundra, i. 374.
  • Albatross, i. 8, 9; ii. 354.
  • Ali Merdan Khan, palace of, ii. 218.
  • — — —, his canal of paradise, ii. 194.
  • Allahabad, arrival at, i. 71.
  • —, residence at, i. 77.
  • —, sātī at, i. 91.
  • —, temple of Bhawānī at, i. 95.
  • —, pillar in the fort at, i. 309; ii. 295, 468.
  • —, city of, i. 309.
  • —, garden, caravan-sarā’e, and great well at, ii. 465-467.
  • Alligarh, fortress of, ii. 187.
  • Alligators, tame, ii. 88.
  • — in their own wildernesses, i. 328.
  • Alms, necessity of giving, i. 465, 466.
  • Amaranthus Gangeticus, i. 314, 315.
  • — Tricolor, i. 314.
  • Amazonian Mahratta lady, ii. 54, 55.
  • Amherst, Lord, i. 58.
  • Andaman Islands, i. 18; ii. 476.
  • Anna, Purna-Devi, ii. 179.
  • Ants, strange notion of the Muhammadans respecting, i. 314.
  • —, white, i. 145, 146, 312, 313.
  • Arwarī fish, i. 393; ii. 182, 295.
  • Apathy of the natives, i. 296.
  • Appa Sāhib, his six wives, ii. 9.
  • Archer, Lord, i. 58.
  • Architect of the gods, ii. 64.
  • Arrak, i. 147, 148.
  • Arrows, poisoned, ii. 73-76, 366.
  • —, whistling, i. 235.
  • — of the Coles, i. 236.
  • —, Persian and Arabian, ii. 41.
  • Artocarpus integrifolia, i. 233.
  • Arzumund Bānū, account of, i. 350, 351.
  • Asclepias gigantea, i. 275.
  • — rosea, i. 311.
  • Asiatic Society of Calcutta, ii. 105.
  • Asoca, a shrub sacred to Mahadēo, ii. 175.
  • Assam leaf insect, ii. 104.
  • Auckland, Lord, arrival of, at Allahabad, ii. 137.
  • —, Lord, and the Misses Eden visit the ex-Queen of Gwalior, ii. 137, 138.
  • Avatars, the ten, ii. 153-168.
  • Ayha, revenge of an, i. 137.
  • — and durwān, i. 142, 143.
  • B.
  • Baboo Ramohun Roy, i. 29.
  • Bāghmars, tiger-killers, ii. 130-133.
  • Bāgh-sira, i. 290.
  • Bāiza Bā’ī, her Highness the, ii. 2-9, 22, 32-39, 43-52, 54-56, 61-63, 109-113, 116-118, 135-138, 291-293, 296, 342-344, 465.
  • Balaiyā lenā, ceremony of, ii. 110.
  • Bandarponch, the mountain, ii. 265-269.
  • Banglā of the pilgrim, view from the, ii. 237.
  • Barāh or Varāha, the third avatar, ii. 156.
  • Barkandāz, i. 67, 135, 299.
  • Barrackpūr, i. 38; ii. 101.
  • Basil.—See Tulsī.
  • Bassia longifolia, i. 122.
  • Baths, steam, i. 86, 100, 368, 419.
  • Bauhinia scandens, ii. 77, 78.
  • Bazār, Barā, i. 57.
  • Beauty, female, notions of, entertained by the natives of India, i. 385.
  • Beetle-wings used in embroidery, i. 67.
  • Beggars, river, ii. 102.
  • Ben Oge, ii. 244.
  • Benares, i. 66-68; ii. 61, 435, 470.
  • Bengālī woman, i. 60; ii. 97.
  • Berhampūr, ii. 98, 99.
  • Bhadráj, expedition to the summit of, ii. 248.
  • Bhadrināth, great peak of, ii. 260, 261.
  • —, town and temple of, ii. 262, 263.
  • Bhagwān, or Bhawānī, the goddess, ii. 450.
  • —, temple of, ii. 449.
  • —, a form of Dūrgā, ii. 179.
  • —, temple in Alopee Bagh, i. 95, 96.
  • Bhardoajmun, temples of, i. 216.
  • Bhoodder Ram, the dwarf, i. 224.
  • Bhora, a lucky mark, ii. 9.
  • Bhŭgŭvŭtēē, the cow, a form of Dūrgā, ii. 174.
  • Bhurtpore, i. 55.
  • Bihishtī, i. 299.
  • Biloa, or Malura, a shrub, ii. 175.
  • Bird-catchers, i. 338.
  • —, Chiri-mārs, peculiar method of snaring their game, ii. 278.
  • Birds, worshipped by the Hindūs, ii. 328.
  • —, springes for, i. 338.
  • —, Indian, ii. 232, 234.
  • Blundell, Major, death of, ii. 235.
  • Board of works, i. 111-114.
  • Bojesmāns, ii. 360, 362.
  • Bombax ceiba, i. 341.
  • Booteah Chharrā, used as shot, ii. 255.
  • —, probable origin of, ii. 255, 256.
  • Borassus flabelliformis, ii. 69.
  • Bore, the, ii. 391.
  • Boundaries, how determined in the Hills, ii. 275.
  • Bow, charmed, i. 237.
  • —, pellet, i. 236, 237, 312.
  • — of the Coles, i. 236.
  • —, a, reversed, i. 297.
  • — of the Hill-men, ii. 76, 77.
  • —, the spring, ii. 73.
  • Bower, of the pilgrim, i. 310-312.
  • Bracelet-bound brother and sister, ii. 117, 118.
  • Brahma, the creator, ii. 149-151.
  • —, the first personage of the Hindū triad, ii. 149.
  • Brahmanī bull, i. 66; ii. 427.
  • — ducks (anas cæsarca), i. 341; ii. 80, 417.
  • Brahmanical thread, i. 304, 305.
  • Bricks, ancient, ii. 88.
  • Britons, ancient, resemblance between them and the Hindūs, i. 218; ii. 259.
  • Brŭmhū, or Brahm, the one god without a second, ii. 148, 149.
  • Buddha, history of, the ninth avatar, ii. 162-168.
  • Buffaloes, curious manner of crossing rivers, i. 161.
  • Bulliah, the fair at, ii. 67, 413.
  • Bunce, little Jack, i. 118, 222.
  • Būndelā, children, sale of, ii. 294, 295.
  • Bungalow, or banglā, i. 137.
  • Burāt, the day of, i. 437-446.
  • Burtreenath, the god, his residence, ii. 61.
  • Butea frondosa, i. 309.
  • — superba, i. 310.
  • Buxar, the stud at, ii. 67.
  • By’ā birds, i. 220, 221; ii. 74.
  • Byragies, i. 256.
  • C.
  • Cachnár, ii. 77, 78.
  • Cairipūr, ruins of an ancient fort near, i. 38.
  • Calcutta, i. 20, 21.
  • Camel, how to dress a, ii. 36.
  • —, curious method of stealing a, ii. 192.
  • — battery, Major Pew’s, ii. 299, 300.
  • — camelus bactrianus, i. 224.
  • Cape hen, battle of one with a terrier, i. 10.
  • Carāites, hymn of the, i. 269, 270.
  • Carnicobar, i. 14-18.
  • Casowtee stone, ii. 88, 89.
  • Cassia fistula, i. 317.
  • Cawnpore, i. 121.
  • Chak-chakkī wālās, i. 299.
  • Chakwā.—See Brahmanī Ducks.
  • Champa, i. 274.
  • Chandar-nagar, ii. 100.
  • Chāotree, i. 447.
  • Chapel at Pennycross, ii. 341.
  • Chārpāī, description of, i. 387.
  • Chaunrīs, i. 239.
  • Cheetā hunting, i. 398, 399.
  • Chinsurah, ii. 100.
  • Chiraghdanīs, ii. 62.
  • Chitpore, corn-mills at, ii. 101.
  • Cholera, dread of, entertained by the natives, ii. 253.
  • —, insanity cured by the fear of, i. 202.
  • —, remarkable method of frightening it away, i. 281.
  • Chounsah, its murda-ghāt, or place for burning the dead, ii. 66, 67.
  • Chowringhee, i. 20.
  • Christians, native, i. 175; ii. 293-295, 288.
  • Christmas, presents at, i. 120, 171.
  • Churīs, or bracelets, i. 388; ii. 308.
  • Chŭrŭk Pūja, i. 26-28.
  • Cicalas, ii. 236, 237.
  • Cintra oranges, ii. 99.
  • Cloud-end, ii. 231.
  • Cocky-olli bird purchased by the pilgrim, ii. 142.
  • Coins, Assam, ii. 14, 15.
  • —, ancient, found at Kannouj, ii. 29, 30.
  • — —, of Secunder-al-Sānī, i. 133.
  • —, Putlī, ii. 55, 56.
  • — —, conjectured to be Venetian, ii. 55.
  • Coles, the bow and quiver of the, i. 236.
  • —, war hatchet of the, ib.
  • Colgong, rocks of, ii. 71, 72.
  • Combermere, Lord, i. 75.
  • Commission, curious, given to the pilgrim by the Bāiza Bā’ī, ii. 291, 292.
  • Constantia wine, why so expensive, ii. 312.
  • Conway, inscription on a tombstone in the church of, ii. 336.
  • Coodseah Begam, garden of, ii. 218.
  • Cornwallis, Marquis, his tomb, ii. 65.
  • Coronation of the king of Oude, anniversary of the, i. 87-90.
  • Corpses, Hindū, horrible appearance of, in the river, i. 167.
  • Corruption of words by the natives, i. 278.
  • Cotton plant, i. 341.
  • —, Bourbon, ib.
  • — tree, ib.
  • — seed, i. 58.
  • Cow, the, a form of Dūrgā or Bhawānī, i. 157, 158.
  • — tails, i. 238, 239.
  • Cows, manner of doing pūja to, i. 307.
  • Cross, the Southern, ii. 375.
  • Crossing the line, i. 5.
  • Crows, whimsical mode of frightening, practised by the natives, i. 220.
  • Cummer-o’-deen, Cawn, palace of, ii. 218.
  • Curamnassa river, i. 65.
  • Cusu or kooshŭ grass, i. 307; ii. 425.
  • D.
  • Dākait, adventures of one at Gaur, ii. 82, 83.
  • Darah Shekoah, palace of, ii. 218.
  • Darzī, native tailor, i. 141.
  • Dasturī, what, i. 22.
  • Datura, species of, i. 148.
  • Dead, burning the, i. 167; ii. 424, 432.
  • Death, indifference of the Hindoos concerning, i. 331.
  • Debts, interest on, i. 37.
  • Deer, mouse, i. 40.
  • —, spotted, ib.
  • Delhi, first view of, very imposing, ii. 192, 193.
  • —, plan of the fort and palace of, ii. 193.
  • —, church at, ib.
  • —, the throne of the padshāh, i. 368.
  • Dēodar oil, ii. 253.
  • Devi, the goddess, an appellation applied particularly to Dūrga, ii. 177.
  • Devotee, Indian, singular vow of one, i. 227.
  • Dewālī, festival of the, i. 162.
  • Dewtas, or deotās, the mountain spirits of the Himalaya, ii. 268.
  • Dhrumsālā, description of a, i. 116.
  • Dhul Dhul, i. 298.
  • Dil-Kushā, park of, i. 181.
  • Diseases, native, method of transmitting through flowers, i. 223.
  • Dishes, ready dressed, i. 65.
  • Dispute, theological, between a Musalmān and a Hindū, ii. 287, 288.
  • Dividend, satisfactory, i. 273.
  • Dīwān-i-am, ii. 217.
  • Dīwān-i-khāss, ib.
  • Dolīs, for carrying women, ii. 227.
  • Domnī, i. 426, 427.
  • Dūb-grass, i. 232.
  • Ducks, wild, curious method of catching, i. 228.
  • Dŭkshina-rayŭ, the god, ii. 107.
  • Dūrga, the goddess, i. 34; ii. 178.
  • Dūrga-pūja, i. 34, 35.
  • Durwān, door-keeper, i. 142.
  • E.
  • Earthquake at Prāg, i. 222, 285.
  • — in the Hills, ii. 240, 244, 248.
  • — in Assam, ii. 132.
  • Eating the air, i. 140.
  • Eclipse of the moon, horror of the natives at, ii. 112.
  • Eed, festival of the, i. 353.
  • Egg, mundane, of the Hindoos, ii. 180.
  • Ektara, musical instrument so called, i. 251.
  • Elephant Minār, i. 407.
  • — -fights, i. 176.
  • —, -swimming, an, i. 159; ii. 68.
  • Elephantiasis, i. 26.
  • Etmad-od-Doulah, tomb of, i. 372.
  • F.
  • Fakīr near Barrackpore, i. 38.
  • — at Prāg, his cruel treatment by thieves, i. 306.
  • —’s rock at Janghira, ii. 71.
  • Fakīrs, their character of dishonesty, i. 64.
  • —, libertinism of, i. 258.
  • Famine at Kanauj, ii. 144, 145.
  • Fan palm, ii. 69.
  • Fane, Sir Henry, arrival of at Allahabad, ii. 60.
  • Fathīghar, ii. 1.
  • Fathīpoor Sicri, i. 401.
  • — —, pilgrimage of Akbar Shāh to, i. 402.
  • Fevers, Indian, i. 82, 83.
  • Ficus Indica, i. 214.
  • Fights, buffalo, i. 178.
  • —, elephant, i. 176.
  • —, horse and tiger, i. 178.
  • —, quail, i. 74, 75.
  • —, ram, i. 178.
  • —, rhinoceros, i. 177.
  • —, tiger, i. 178.
  • Fish, flying, i. 4; ii. 491.
  • —, order of the, i. 458, 459.
  • Foot of a Chinese lady, model of the, ii. 105.
  • Forgery, i. 145.
  • Fortune-tellers, precepts of Muhammad concerning, i. 282.
  • Fox, flying, i. 307.
  • France, Isle of, i. 138.
  • — —, visionary old man at, i. 139.
  • Frazer, murder of Mr. Wm., ii. 50, 51.
  • —, Wm. tomb of, at Delhi, ii. 193.
  • Frontispiece, description of the, i. 263-266.
  • Fulbertus Sagittarius, i. 59.
  • G.
  • Gaja Rājā Sāhib, ii. 3, 4, 6.
  • — — — performs pūja at the shrine of Mahadēo, ii. 111.
  • Ganesh, history of, in the Introduction to Vol. I.
  • —, description of plate of, i. 263.
  • — gigantic image of, on the banks of the Ganges, i. 68.
  • —, his battle with Parashu-Rāma, ii. 176.
  • Ganges, happiness of dying in sight of the, ii. 392.
  • Gangoutrī, Captain Hodgson’s description of, ii. 264, 265.
  • —, peak of, ii. 244.
  • Gardner, Colonel, i. 90, 181, 183, 229-231, 251, 408, 418, 420-428.
  • — —, death of, and of his begam, i. 458.
  • — — and his begam, their tombs, ii. 185.
  • Garuda, the Man-Eagle, or Bird-God, see Gŭroorŭ, ii. 174.
  • Gaur, the ruins of, ii. 84-87.
  • — — —, Chambers’ description of, ii. 89-96.
  • Gazooddeen Cawn, madrasa, or college of, ii. 219, 220.
  • Ghāzīpūr, palace of the Nawāb of, ii. 65, 418.
  • Ghirgit, the, why held accursed by the Muhammedans, i. 300, 301.
  • Ghurī, description of the, i. 250.
  • Ghuznee, remains of the ancient city of, ii. 325, 326.
  • Gillespie, Gen., death of, ii. 242, 248.
  • Goat, balancing, i. 273.
  • Goats, Bengālī, i. 77.
  • —, Jumnapar, ib.
  • Goblin, address of a Hindū to a, ii. 12.
  • Gods, 330,000,000 in the Hindū Pantheon, ii. 147.
  • —, pedigree of the, ii. 148-181.
  • Gooltura, i. 317.
  • Goorz, Goorzmar, i. 465.
  • Gopalŭ, ii. 122.
  • Gopī Nat’hŭ, ib.
  • Gosain, detection of theft by a, i. 102, 103.
  • —, his temple, i. 104, 105.
  • Gosseina, i. 193, 194.
  • Gossypium herbaceum, i. 341.
  • Govinda, songs of, ii. 116, 117.
  • Gram-grinder, description of a, i. 232, 233.
  • Grass-cutter, i. 231.
  • Grasshoppers, enamelled, i. 275.
  • Great gun at Agra, account of the, i. 276-278.
  • Gumuki, i. 267.
  • Gunduc river, the rapidity of its stream, ii. 68.
  • Gūnth, or Hill pony, description and character of one, ii. 226.
  • Gŭroorŭ, the vahan of Vishnŭ, description of, ii. 328.
  • — invoked by the Hindoos to obtain protection from snakes, ii. 328.
  • Gynee club, i. 251.
  • H.
  • Hæmanthus toxicaria, ii. 366.
  • Hanasa, the swan, the vahan of Brahma, ii. 174.
  • Hail, tremendous storm of, i. 291.
  • Hair, washing the, i. 136.
  • Hanging one’s self for spite, i. 249.
  • Harrow boys, i. 53.
  • Hastings, Lord, death of, i. 71.
  • Heat, prickly, i. 5.
  • Heber, Bishop, death of, i. 60.
  • Hebrew hymn, i. 270.
  • Hessing, Colonel, tomb of, i. 418.
  • Hibiscus cannabinus, i. 316.
  • — Indica, ib.
  • — longifolius, i. 315.
  • — mutabilis, ib.
  • — sabdariffa, i. 316.
  • Hill people, ii. 75-77.
  • Hills on fire, ii. 246.
  • Himalaya mountains, elevation of, ii. 260-270.
  • Hindostanī song, i. 133, 134.
  • Hindū triad, ii. 147.
  • Hindūs will neither make converts or be converted, ii. 288.
  • Hoogly river, ii. 102.
  • — —, introduction of steam boats on the, i. 32.
  • Hooqŭ cakes, ii. 8.
  • Horrors, bottle of, i. 243.
  • Horseradish tree, i. 314.
  • Horse, Skinner’s, i. 76.
  • Horses, lucky and unlucky marks on, ii. 9-11.
  • —, native, extremely vicious, ii. 279.
  • —, poisoning of, by the natives, i. 138.
  • Horses, stud of, marks on, i. 161.
  • House, pakka, what, i. 137.
  • Houses, Indian, style of, i. 21.
  • Hukāk, i. 113.
  • Humaioon, mausoleum of, at Delhi, ii. 197, 198.
  • Humming birds, i. 311.
  • Hŭnoomān, the Monkey-god, account of, i. 109.
  • —, temple of, i. 115.
  • —, his fiery tail, ii. 269.
  • Hurdwar, ii. 265.
  • Hyat-ool-Nissa Begam, the pilgrim’s visit to, ii. 213, 214.
  • Hymn, Hebrew, i. 270.
  • I. J.
  • Jagana’th, a form of Krishna, ii. 172.
  • — made of the vertebra of an animal, i. 262.
  • —, temple of, ii. 381.
  • —, the idol, ii. 384.
  • —, the swing of, ii. 382.
  • —.—See Krishna.
  • Jahānārā Begam, tomb of, i. 371, 372.
  • Jahāngīrī Mahul, i. 361.
  • Jama Khānas, i. 354.
  • Jamh O Deen Muhammad, visit from, i. 33.
  • Jampān, description of a, ii. 227.
  • Janao, or sacred thread, i. 304, 305; ii. 62.
  • Jasmine, double Arabian, i. 274.
  • Jasminum sambac pleno, ib.
  • Ice, consumption of American, i. 287.
  • — pits at Allahabad, i. 78, 222.
  • Ichneumon, i. 314.
  • Idiot son of a Brahman, i. 225.
  • Jellinghy flat, vessel so called, ii. 105.
  • Jerrīpānī, ii. 236.
  • Jodh Bā’ī, tomb of, i. 407; ii. 465.
  • Illness, singular mode of getting rid of, believed in by the natives, i. 223.
  • —, feigned, punishment of, ii. 303.
  • Imām-Bārā, i. 179.
  • Imāms, leaders of the faithful, i. 293-295.
  • John Strong, the drummer, presents his wife to a comrade, and desires to contract a second matrimonial alliance, ii. 293.
  • Ipomæa quamoclit, i. 310.
  • — speciosa, i. 311.
  • Ishk-pechā, i. 310.
  • Jumna, storm on the, ii. 53, 54.
  • Jumnotrī, peaks of, ii. 265.
  • Jungipūr, toll at, ii. 97.
  • Jŭtayoo, a bird worshipped by the Hindoos, ii. 328.
  • K.
  • Kadam-i-rasūl, history of the, ii. 86, 87.
  • Kadam Sharīf, footprints of the prophet, at Gaur, ii. 86.
  • Kafir warrior, ii. 369.
  • Kailās, the mountain, ii. 266.
  • Kaldung, the mountain, ii. 269.
  • Kalī, a name of Dūrga, ii. 178.
  • Kalī Mā’ī, temple of, at Kalī Ghāt, ii. 104.
  • Kalī Nadī river, ii. 28.
  • Kalkī, or the horse, the tenth and final avatar yet to come, ii. 168.
  • Kaloo-rayŭ, a form of Shivŭ, ii. 106, 107.
  • Kalsās, i. 96; ii. 417-421.
  • Kalunga, brave defence of, by the Ghoorkas, ii. 242, 243.
  • Kam-dhenū, the cow of plenty, ii. 159.
  • Kama-Deva, the god of love, ii. 171, 172.
  • Kanauj, ruins of, ii. 29, 30.
  • —, legend of, ii. 146.
  • —, ancient Hindū ruin at, ii. 143.
  • Kanwar Wālā, i. 260.
  • Kartikeya, the god of war, ii. 176.
  • Kasīm bazār, ii. 98.
  • Kedernāth, peak of, ii. 263.
  • —, temple of, ib.
  • Keeree pass, ii. 276, 277.
  • Kharīta of her Highness the Bāiza Bā’ī, ii. 250.
  • Khud, a narrow valley between two hills, so called, ii. 240.
  • Khŭnjŭnŭ, the wagtail, a form of Vishnŭ, ii. 329.
  • Kimkhwāb, manufactory of, ii. 62.
  • Kodalee, the Thugs’ pickaxe, i. 153.
  • Kookree of the Ghoorkas, description of, ii. 243.
  • Korah, or bughalee, of the Ghoorka officers, ii. 243.
  • Kos Minār, i. 377; ii. 188.
  • Kotīla of Feroze Shāh, ii. 198.
  • Krishn, or Kaniyā-jee, history of, ii. 118-24.
  • — and the 16,000 gopīs, sporting as elephants, horses, &c.. ii. 121.
  • — as gopalū and gopī nat’hŭ, ii. 122.
  • — Radha, i. 263, 264; ii. 116, 122.
  • Krishn, descent of Vishnŭ as, ii. 168-171.
  • — the bones of, and history, ii. 381-385.
  • Kurma, the tortoise, the second avatar, ii. 155.
  • Kutab Kí Lāt, ii. 205, 206.
  • Kutab Minār, ii. 202-205.
  • Kutcherry, a, i. 122.
  • Kywan Jah, Prince, i. 73.
  • L.
  • Lachhmī, the goddess of beauty, i. 42, 206, 207.
  • —, the wife of Vishnŭ, ii. 176, 177.
  • Ladies, native, their amusements in the zenāna, i. 230, 231.
  • La Martinière, i. 179.
  • Landowr, ii. 229.
  • Lāthī, what, i. 132.
  • Leaf-grasshopper, i. 242.
  • Leprosy, Arabian, i. 204-206.
  • Line, ceremonies of crossing the, i. 5-7.
  • Light, phosphoric, of the waves; description of the animal causing, ii. 353.
  • Lights, festival of, i. 162, 163.
  • Locusts, i. 288, 289.
  • Lucnow, visit to, i. 73.
  • —, second visit to, i. 175.
  • M.
  • Mach, Machchha, the Fish, or first avatar, ii. 153-155.
  • Magellan clouds, ii. 353, 375.
  • Magic, temple of, i. 404.
  • Mahabarat, a poem composed by Vyasa, ii. 179.
  • Mahadēo, or Mahā-Dēva, a form of Shivŭ, ii. 175, 176.
  • Mahratta Camp, ii. 32, 33.
  • Map of Delhi, ii. 222.
  • “Marchioness of Ely,” voyage in the, i. 2.
  • Marriage of a nīm to a peepul, i. 72.
  • — of Susan Gardner to Unjun Sheko, i. 420-448.
  • Martine, General Claude, i. 179.
  • —, his magnificent tomb, ib.
  • Martynia, proboscidea, i. 319.
  • Masjid Jāma, the great mosque at Delhi, ii. 220, 221.
  • — Kala, or black mosque, ii. 221, 222.
  • — Akbārābādee, ii. 200.
  • — of the Princess of China, i. 373, 374.
  • —, the Golden, ii. 84.
  • —, Motī, the mosque of pearl, i. 360.
  • Mats, Calcutta, i. 313.
  • Meerunke Sarā’e, ii. 143.
  • Melaleuca Kȳ’a-pootie, i. 317.
  • Mem Sāhiba, speech of the, i. 334.
  • Menagerie at Lucnow, i. 182.
  • — at Barrackpūr, i. 39.
  • Mendicants, religious, i. 39.
  • —, account of, i. 256-260.
  • Menhdī, day of, i. 430-435.
  • Metcalfe, Sir Charles, arrival of, at Allahabad, ii. 49.
  • Mher-ul-Nissa, or Noormahul, or Noor-jahān, history of, i. 361-364.
  • Michelia champaca, i. 274.
  • Milton, descendants of, ii. 380.
  • Mint at Gwalior, ii. 56.
  • Miriam Zumanī, tomb of, i. 377.
  • Monghir, ii. 69.
  • Monkey, holy, ii. 125.
  • —, one kept in or near a stable, and why, ii. 13.
  • Moorshadabad, palace of the Nawāb at, ii. 98.
  • Mor-pankhī, a kind of pleasure-boat so called, ib.
  • Mountain storm, ii. 251.
  • Moustache, to dye the, i. 320.
  • Muhammad, the prophet, i. 107, 293-301, 453, 454, 459-466.
  • —, anecdotes concerning, i. 248, 282.
  • Muharram, account of the, i. 295-300; ii. 17-21, 374.
  • Mulka Begam, i. 381.
  • — —, divorce of, from Mirza Selīm, and marriage to Mr. James. Gardner, i. 382.
  • Mulka Zumanī, i. 192, 193.
  • Mŭndodŭrēē, the wife of the giant Ravuna, i. 110.
  • Murder of two ladies in a zenāna, ii. 56.
  • N.
  • Nāch girls, i. 29, 30, 391, 427-429, 431.
  • Nāg-panchamī, i. 308.
  • Nalāpanī, ii. 269.
  • Nara-Singha, or the Man-Lion, the fourth avatar, ii. 157.
  • Native servants, ludicrous quarrels of, i. 146, 147.
  • Nauclea gambir, i. 318.
  • — Orientalis, ib.
  • Nawāb, the, the Merchant, and the Palkī, ii. 306, 307.
  • —, a Muhammadan title of honour, singularly bestowed also on the ladies of the family of the Emperor of Delhi, i. 394, 415, 458.
  • — Hakīm Menhdī, his house and zenāna, ii. 17-20.
  • — — —, reappointed minister in Oude, ii. 135.
  • — — —, his death, ii. 139.
  • — — —, suspension-bridge of, ii. 182.
  • Newlands, ii. 235, 371.
  • Nicobar, islands of, i. 14; ii. 476.
  • Nicumbha the fiend, i. 35.
  • Nīm tree, i. 71, 72, 112.
  • Nobutpoor, i. 65.
  • Noor-jahān, history of, i. 361-364.
  • —, turret of, i. 364.
  • Nose-ring, i. 385.
  • “Not at home,” Indian expression equivalent to, i. 388.
  • Nulgoon Pass, ii. 269.
  • Nusseer-ood-Deen-Hydur, death of, ii. 114.
  • Nut Log, or wandering gipsies, account of, i. 272.
  • Nyctanthes the sorrowful, i. 312.
  • Nymphæa, the, i. 311.
  • O.
  • Oats, i. 223.
  • Obelisk at Gaur, ii. 92-94.
  • Observatory near Delhi, ii. 209-212.
  • Ocymum album, i. 217.
  • — pilosum, ib.
  • Oleander, i. 78.
  • Omens, bad, during the march of the Nawāb Hakīm Menhdī, ii. 135.
  • One-eyed men supposed to be more knowing than others, ii. 13.
  • Oomeid Thug, narrative of, i. 243-246.
  • Orange, H.R.H. Prince Henry of, and the Hon. the Misses Eden visit Lucnow, ii. 140.
  • Oude, heir apparent of, ii. 139.
  • —, King of, Ghazee-ood-Deen Hyder, i. 173.
  • — — —, his meeting with the Governor-General, i. 174.
  • P.
  • Pachīsī-board, i. 405, 406.
  • Padshah Bāgh, the, i. 180.
  • Paganini of the East, i. 251.
  • Paharīs, or Hill-men, description of, ii. 227.
  • —, curious customs of the, relating to marriage, ii. 259.
  • Palanquins, i. 24.
  • Palia Gadh, glen of, ii. 267.
  • — — — —, wild legends connected with the, ii. 268.
  • Palma, island of, i. 3, 4; ii. 350.
  • Pān and Atr, ii. 4, 5, 445.
  • — Gardens, ii. 86.
  • Panchāyāt, or native court of justice, ii. 305.
  • Pandanus odoratissimus, i. 318.
  • Pankhā, i. 25.
  • Paper, sheets of, immense, ii. 201, 202.
  • Paradise, canal of, ii. 195.
  • Parda of the Mahrattas, ii. 45.
  • —, procession in, ii. 46, 47.
  • Parisnāth, temple of, i. 324; ii. 166.
  • Parkyal, ii. 269.
  • Parswanáth, the god, Budhist or Jain, i. 325; ii. 166.
  • Pārvutī, ii. 145, 175.
  • Pathan, barbarous treatment of a, i. 284.
  • Peacock, goose, and owl, the, worshipped by the Hindoos, ii. 329.
  • Pebbles from the Soane and Cane rivers, i. 113, 114.
  • Pedigree of the gods, ii. 147, 148.
  • — of Col. Wm. L. Gardner, i. 420.
  • — of the kings of Oude, i. 186.
  • Peepul tree, i. 217, 221, 222.
  • — —, remarkable quality of its seeds, ii. 295.
  • — —, its skeleton leaves, i. 218.
  • Pheasant, red, ii. 232.
  • —, blue, of the Himalaya, ii. 232.
  • Phŭlŭ-Hŭrēē, i. 164, 165.
  • Pico, the island of, ii. 494.
  • Pigeon, Cape, i. 8.
  • Pilgrim, the, and another lady, are mistaken for cadets, ii. 302, 303.
  • — the, taken for a foreigner; also for a lancer, ii. 329.
  • Pintado, i. 8.
  • Pīr Shāh, tomb of, ii. 223.
  • Plague, alleged appearance of, at Palee, ii. 110.
  • Poinciana pulcherrima, i. 317.
  • Poison, African, and poison-bulb, ii. 366, 367.
  • Polyanthus tuberosa, i. 318.
  • Porto Santo, island of, i. 3.
  • Powder works and rocket manufactory, i. 225, 226.
  • Punica granatum, i. 317.
  • Punishment, brutal, inflicted by the King of Oude, i. 169.
  • Punishments of the grave, Muhammadan notions concerning the, i. 464-466.
  • Purānas, the sacred, ii. 179.
  • Q.
  • Quail shooting, i. 229.
  • —, pitched battle of, i. 74, 75.
  • Quarrel, laughable, between an ayha and an abdār, i. 140, 141.
  • Qui hys, old Indians why so called, i. 145.
  • Quicksand, accident in a, i. 247.
  • R.
  • Radha Krishn, ii. 122.
  • Rājā, a Hindū sovereign; a title bestowed also most singularly upon the ladies of Scindia’s family, ii. 342, 465.
  • Rāj ghāt, Allahabad, i. 114.
  • Rākhī, or bracelet, festival of the, ii. 117, 118.
  • Rāma, or Rām, descriptions of, i. 263.
  • — Parashu, the sixth avatar, ii. 159.
  • — Chandra, the seventh avatar, ii. 160, 161.
  • — Bala, the eighth avatar, ii. 161.
  • — Sīta, i. 342; ii. 161.
  • — Leela festival, i. 108.
  • Ranayana, an epic poem, ii. 179.
  • Rās, sacred dance so called, ii. 116.
  • Rat, the vahan of Ganesh, ii. 174.
  • Rat’s granary, ii. 241.
  • —, Bandicote, i. 51.
  • Ravuna, the giant, i. 109, 110.
  • Reeçee Khoond, warm spring at, ii. 71.
  • Reflection of distant objects, extraordinary power of seeing the, i. 139.
  • Rhododendron, white, ii. 232.
  • — —, juice of the petals of the, alleged to have an intoxicating quality, ii. 232.
  • Rice, trial by, i. 40.
  • Riding, style of, practised by the Mahratta ladies, ii. 5, 6.
  • Roasting a sirdar-bearer, charge for, ii. 30.
  • Rockets, i. 225.
  • Roomal, or handkerchief of the Thugs, i. 156.
  • Roomee Durwāza, i. 179.
  • Rosaries, i. 258-260, 267.
  • Runjeet Singh, meeting of Lord Auckland with, ii. 297.
  • Rupees, recovery of the stolen, i. 102.
  • S.
  • Saadut Ulee Khan, tomb of, i. 182.
  • — — —, baths of, ii. 218, 219.
  • — — —, palace of, ii. 218.
  • Sāchak, day of, i. 428.
  • Saharanpūr, botanical garden at, ii. 224.
  • Sā’īs, whimsical complaint of a, i. 234.
  • Salt-box, peculiar kind of, used by the Hill-men, ii. 89.
  • Salvia Bengalensis, i. 315.
  • Saraswatī, the goddess of learning, science, and the fine arts, ii. 177, 178.
  • —, picture of, riding on a peacock, on the cover of Vol. I.
  • — the river, i. 213.
  • Sarson, a species of mustard plant, ii. 88.
  • Sāti without a head, stolen and brought on board the pinnace, ii. 25.
  • — at Allahabad, i. 91.
  • — at Nobutpoor, i. 65.
  • — at Ghazīpūr, ii. 419.
  • — abolished, i. 161.
  • — mounds in Alopee Bagh, i. 95.
  • — — at Beerpūr, ii. 66.
  • School, experimental, fecundity of the young ladies in, ii. 293-295.
  • Scorpion, the fact of its self-destruction when tormented by fire, ii. 238, 239.
  • “Seagull,” the pinnace, description of, i. 322.
  • —, loss of the, ii. 59.
  • Sefder Jung, palace of, ii. 218.
  • Sekunder al Sānī, ii. 25.
  • —, inscriptions on coins of, i. 133.
  • Selīm Ghar, i. 364.
  • —, Shaik, of Cheestie, tomb of, i. 403.
  • Sensitive plant, i. 315.
  • Serampūr, ii. 101.
  • Servants, list of, i. 209.
  • Shah’ālam, tomb of, ii. 208.
  • Shah Burj, the royal tower, ii. 218.
  • — Kubbeer-oo-deen Ahmud, i. 65.
  • Shahjahan, i. 349.
  • Shāhjahānabad, modern city of, ii. 193.
  • Shalgramŭ, description of the, i. 43-45.
  • Shalimar, gardens of, ii. 218.
  • Shark, blue, i. 8.
  • Shawl, looking-glass, i. 239, 240.
  • Sheep, Doomba, i. 78.
  • —, Karral, ii. 239.
  • Sher Afgan, i. 361.
  • Shield, silver, presented to Mr. Blood by the 16th Lancers, ii. 188.
  • Shīsha-mahal, or house of glass, i. 365, 366.
  • Shivŭ, the destroyer, the third personage of the Hindū triad, ii. 172, 173.
  • Sholā floats (com. sola), ii. 100.
  • Shooting season on the ocean, i. 9, 10.
  • Shubbeah Begam, i. 422.
  • Sikrī Gālī, ii. 72, 397.
  • Simundee Begam, tomb of, i. 358.
  • Sircar, or Sarcar, i. 21, 22.
  • Sīta Khūnd, boiling spring of, ii. 69, 70.
  • Sitar, description of a, i. 250.
  • Sitee Khānam, i. 359.
  • Skip-jacks, i. 5.
  • Slang, essay on, ii. 283, 284.
  • Slavery at the Cape, extraordinary story relative to, ii. 357.
  • Sling, peculiar, used by the Hill-men, ii. 243.
  • Small pox, ravages of, ii. 110.
  • Snake-boats, ii. 98.
  • — charmers, ii. 436.
  • — —, imposture of a, i. 108.
  • — sea, i. 12.
  • Snakes, directions of Mohummud relative to, i. 107, 108.
  • —, dread of, not innate in man, i. 302.
  • Sneezing, Hindū superstitions relative to, ii. 289.
  • Snowy ranges of the Himalaya, first view of the, ii. 224.
  • Soane, blue waters of the, ii. 67.
  • Soap stone, i. 343.
  • Sola, hats and other articles made of, i. 286; ii. 100.
  • Sonahlā Mahal, or chamber of gold, i. 375, 377.
  • Song, Hindostanī, i. 134.
  • Sorcery, practised with a charmed bow, i. 237.
  • Spider, the, why held sacred by the Muhammedans, i. 300, 301.
  • Spirit of a man destroyed by a tiger, superstition relating to the, ii. 13, 14.
  • Sporting in Assam, ii. 125-133.
  • Spring-bow, ii. 73, 74, 131.
  • Squirrel, Jack Bunce the, i. 18.
  • Srīphul, or the flower of Srī, the poetic name of the biloa, ii. 175.
  • Stars, falling, Mahomedan philosophy of i. 248.
  • St. Helena, ii. 316-320.
  • Stone, flexible, ii. 256.
  • Stones, those used in the Mosaic of the Tāj, i. 357.
  • Storm, the spirit of the, ii. 349.
  • Strelitzia regina, ii. 365.
  • Sugar mills, ii. 457-460.
  • Sunderbands, ii. 106.
  • Superstitions of the natives, ii. 9.
  • Surya-Kund, hot spring of, ii. 262.
  • Sutherland, Major, Resident of Gwalior, ii. 183, 184, 186-188.
  • T.
  • Tailors not allowed to make clothes for Hindū ladies, ii. 113.
  • Tāj Mahul, i. 348-359.
  • — —, ground plan of the, i. 356.
  • Taziya, what, i. 296.
  • Temple of the Gosain, i. 104.
  • Theatre, Artillery, at Meerut, ii. 190.
  • Theodore, Mrs., her collection of stuffed birds and beasts, ii. 225.
  • Thermantidote, i. 199, 208.
  • Thief detected by a Gosā’īn, i. 102, 103.
  • Thieves, domestic, i. 101-104.
  • Thug, confessions of a, i. 123-131.
  • —, escape of a gentleman from a, i. 168.
  • Thugs, execution of eleven, i. 151, 152.
  • —, — — twenty-five, i. 201, 202.
  • —, customs of the, i. 153-158.
  • —, dice, i. 151.
  • —, slang terms used by the, i. 130.
  • Tiger, au naturel, ii. 225.
  • — hunting on foot, ii. 128-130.
  • — tracks, ii. 72, 73.
  • — claws, charms made of, ii. 12, 13.
  • Tīka, ornament so called, description of the, i. 254.
  • Timber rafts, ii. 99, 100.
  • Title conferred on the pilgrim by her Highness the ex-Queen of Gwalior, ii. 7.
  • Toddy, injurious, i. 147, 148.
  • Tongue, protrusion of the, an expression of shame among the Hindū women, i. 165.
  • Tooth-brushes regarded with horror, i. 462.
  • Travati the Elephant, the vahan of Indra, ii. 174.
  • Treasures, hidden, ii. 41, 42.
  • Triveni, what, i. 213.
  • —, pilgrimage to the, i. 212, 213.
  • —, the Gāja Rājā and all her ladies bathe at the, ii. 48.
  • Tulsī, pūja of the, i. 42.
  • —, sweet, ib.
  • —, various sorts of, i. 217.
  • Turban, arrangement of a, i. 234.
  • U.
  • Ubruk (talc) applied to many uses, i. 219.
  • Unicorn, alleged existence of the, in the Himalaya, i. 239.
  • Up-Country men, their hatred of the Bengalīs curiously exemplified, ii. 309, 310.
  • Ussuf-ood-Dowla, his tomb, i. 179.
  • V.
  • Vaccine department done away with, evils resulting therefrom, ii. 110.
  • Valmiki, the first Indian poet, ii. 179.
  • Vamana, or the Dwarf, the seventh avatar, ii. 157-159.
  • Vase, silver, a prize gained by the pilgrim in a lottery, ii. 112.
  • Vedas, the, ii. 180, 181.
  • Vessel, spirit of a, i. 345.
  • Viasa, an Indian poet, compiler of the Vedas, ii. 179.
  • Vishnŭ the Preserver, the second personage of the Hindū triad, i. 27, 42-45; ii. 151, 152.
  • Visionary old man, the, i. 139.
  • Voyage on the Ganges, vessels for, i. 31.
  • W.
  • Waterspouts, ii. 475, 493.
  • Wax of the human ear, i. 177.
  • Wax, sealing, i. 309.
  • Widows, Hindū, the privations to which they are subjected, ii. 7, 8.
  • Wind raised by a sāti, ii. 25.
  • Wolff, the Rev. Joseph, i. 268-272.
  • Women, Bengālī, ii. 97, 98.
  • —, their great influence over men in India, i. 140.
  • Wood-cutters of Bengal, their peculiar mode of worshipping Kuloo-rayŭ, ii. 107.
  • Y.
  • Yāk, or cow of Thibet, tail of, i. 238, 239.
  • Yam, rut aloe, (dioscorea sativa,) i. 316.
  • Z.
  • Zamia horrida, ii. 365, 366.
  • — longifolia, ib.
  • Zeenut-al-Masjid, ii. 200.
  • Zenāna or zanāna of a Calcutta baboo, i. 60.
  • — of the king of Oude, i. 87-90, 192-195.
  • —, revelations of life in the zenāna of a Timoorian princess, i. 379.
  • —, life in the, and chīta hunting, i. 391.
  • —, marriage in the zenāna, i. 421
  • — of the Nāwab Hakim Menhdi, ii. 19, 20.
  • — of Nāwab of Fathīgarh, ii. 16.
  • Zenāna-ghar, ii. 208.
  • Zoffani, picture painted by, i. 181.
  • Zumanī Miriam, tomb of, i. 377.