[{162}] I landed with two travellers at Patna, and rode on to Deinapore in the evening, where our steamer anchored for the night.
[{170}] If a Hindoo has no son, he adopts one of his relations, in order that he may fulfil the duties of a son at the funeral of his adoptive father.
[{173}] The dislike which the Hindoos evince towards the Europeans, is chiefly in consequence of the latter showing no honour to the cow, of their eating ox-flesh, and drinking brandy; and that they spit in their houses, and even in the temples, and wash their mouths with their fingers, etc. They call the Europeans “Parangi.” This disrespect is said to make the Hindoos dislike the Christian religion.
[{177}] Many of the more recent Indian towns were built by the Mongolians, or were so much altered by them that they altogether lost their original character. India was conquered by the Mongolians as early as the tenth century.
[{183}] At the time of its greatest prosperity it had 2,000,000 inhabitants.
[{185}] Some writers describe this colossal crystal as being twenty-five feet long.
[{190}] If these two towers did belong to a mosque, why were they built of such different sizes?
[{193}] The cheprasses are servants of the English government. They wear red cloth scarfs, and a brass plate on the shoulders, with the name of the town to which they belong engraved upon it. Each of the higher English officials are allowed to have one or more of these people in their service. The people consider them much superior to the ordinary servants.
[{200}] Children are generally considered as impure until the ninth year, and are therefore not subject to the laws of their religion.
[{204}] The god Vishnu is represented as a tortoise.