BY
RICHARD F. BURTON,
LIEUT. BOMBAY ARMY.
AUTHOR OF A GRAMMAR OF THE MOOLTANEE LANGUAGE;
CRITICAL REMARKS ON DR. DORN’S CHRESTOMATHY OF THE PUSHTOO,
OR AFFGHAN DIALECT, ETC. ETC.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1851.

LONDON:
Printed by Samuel Bentley & Co.
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

TO
MISS ELIZABETH STISTED,
THIS LITTLE WORK,
WHICH OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO HER
FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS,
IS DEDICATED,
IN TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION,
BY
THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
The Voyage[1]
CHAPTER II.
New Goa[22]
CHAPTER III.
Old Goa as it Was[40]
CHAPTER IV.
Old Goa as it Is[58]
CHAPTER V.
Return to Panjim[77]
CHAPTER VI.
The Population of Panjim[96]
CHAPTER VII.
Seroda[117]
CHAPTER VIII.
Education, Professions, and Oriental Studies[136]
CHAPTER IX.
Adieu to Panjim[154]
CHAPTER X.
Calicut[169]
CHAPTER XI.
Malabar[186]
CHAPTER XII.
The Hindoos of Malabar[203]
CHAPTER XIII.
The Moslem and other Natives of Malabar[230]
CHAPTER XIV.
The Land Journey[246]
CHAPTER XV.
First Glimpse of “Ooty”[269]
CHAPTER XVI.
Life at Ooty[287]
CHAPTER XVII.
Life outside Ooty[313]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Inhabitants of the Neilgherries[334]
CHAPTER XIX.
Kotagherry.—Adieu to the Blue Mountains[353]