MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM W. JUSTICE,

IN

GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP,

BY

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
The Island of Bambâ Dèvi.—Sights and Scenes round about Bombay[7]
CHAPTER II.
Malabar Hill, and Domestic Life of the English in Bombay[39]
CHAPTER III.
The Island of Shastee, commonly called Salsette.—Gharipoore,
"the Town of Purification," or the Island and Caves of Elephanta		[51]
CHAPTER IV.
Sampwallas, or Serpent-Charmers.—Jâdoowallahs, or
Miracle-Performers.—Nuzer-Bundyânâ,Mesmerizers.—Yogees,
Spiritual Jugglers, and Naga-Poojmi, or Serpent-Worship, in India		[65]
CHAPTER V.
The Parsees, or Fire-Worshippers, of Bombay.—A Visit to a Fire-Priest
and Astrologer.—His Astral Predictions.—The Gâthas.—Zoroaster.—His
Life and Religion.—History of the Settlement of the Parsees in India		[79]
CHAPTER VI.
Domestic Life of the Fire-Worshippers.—The Zend-Avesta.—Parsee
Rites and Ceremonies at Birth, Marriage, Death, and Final
Consignment to the Tower of Silence		[105]
CHAPTER VII.
Hindoo Treatment of the Sick.—Pundit's House Defiled.—Its
Purification.—Short Sketch of the Different Races and ofthe
Origin of Castes and Creeds among the People of Hindostan		[129]
CHAPTER VIII.
A Visit to the House of Baboo Ram Chunder.—His Wife.—Rajpoot
Wrestlers.—Nautchnees, or Hindoo Ballet-Girls.—A
Hindoo Drama.—Visit to a Nautchnees' School.—Bayahdiers,
or Dancing-Girls, attached to the Hindoo Temples.—Profession,
Education, Dress, Character, Fate in Old Age and After
Death.—Cusbans, or Common Women.—Marked Differences
between these three Classes of Public Women		[173]
CHAPTER IX.
From Bombay to Poonah, the Capital of the Maha Rastra, or thegreat
Indian Kings.—Campooly.—The Ascent of the Bhor
Ghauts.—Khondala.—Caves of Carlee or Karli.—"PujaChakra," or
the famous Wheel-Worship of the Brahmans.—Poonah.—Kirki.—A
Visit to the Peishwa's Palace.—Templeof Parvati.—The Pundit and
the Brahmin Priest at Prayer.—Sanscritand English Colleges at
Poonah.—Suttee Monuments at Sangam.—Hindoo Bankers, etc.		[208]
CHAPTER X.
The beautiful Hindoo Village of Wye.—The Mahabaleshwar Hills.—The
Temple of the Gods.—The Couch of Krishna.—TheStone Image of
the Cow from whose Mouth the Five Riversof this Region are said
to Spring.—The Holy Tank.—Satarah,the Star City of the
Mahratta Empire.—The Fort.—The Palaceof Sivaji.—Jejureh,
the famous Hill-Temples where theDancing-Girls of the Country are
Recruited.—The Mad Gossain,and the Story of his Ill-Fated
Love.—The Dancing-Girl Krayâhnee		[228]
CHAPTER XI.
From Satarah, the Star City of the great Mahratta Kings, to Dowlutabâd,
the Abode of Fortune, and Aurungabâd, the GoldenCity of the
Mohgul Emperors.—Tombs of Boorhan Ood Deenand
Aurungzebe.—Mausoleum of Rhabea Duranee.—Sketchof the
Mohgul Invasion of India.—Manners, Customs, andReligious
Ceremonies of the Mohammedans of Hindostan		[243]
CHAPTER XII.
The Temples of Ellora, the Holy Place of the Deccan.—Nashik,the
Land of the Râmâyanâ.—Sights and Scenes on the Banksof the
Godaveri.—Damaun, the most famous of the Indo-Portuguese Towns		[270]
CHAPTER XIII.
The Taptee River.—Surat and its Environs.—The Borahs andKholees
of Guzerat.—Baroda, the Capital of the Guicowars.—Fakeers,or
Relic-Carriers, of Baroda.—Cambay.—MountAboo.—Jain Temples
on Mount Aboo, etc.		[286]
CHAPTER XIV.
Calcutta, the City of the Black Venus, Kali.—The River Hoogley.—Cremation
Towers.—Chowringee, the Fashionable Suburbof Calcutta.—The Black
Hole.—Battles of Plassey andAssaye.—The Brahmo-Somaj.—Temple
of Kali.—Feast ofJuggurnath.—Benares and the Taj Mahal		[303]