BY CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON, Author of 'The Wild Sports of the East.'

LONDON: PRINTED FOR BLACK, PARRY, AND KINGSBURY, Booksellers to the Honorable East India Company, 7, LEADENHALL-STREET, 1810.

*Williamson 1810 Vol. 1 through Project Gutenberg*

*Williamson 1810 Vol. 1 through LaTrobe University*

Volume I contains:

Preface ((vi-xii))
Table of contents ((xiii-xvi))
(1) Instructions to Persons proceeding to India regarding articles to be provided, and precautions to be adopted ((1-30))
(2) Matter relating to embarking, and the usual customs on board-ship, sea-sickness, fishing at sea ((31-60))
(3) Foreign settlements, Brazils, crossing the Line ((61-68))
(4) Religious character of sailors, funerals at sea, Cape of Good Hope ((69-88))
(5) Of St. Helena ((89-110))
(6) Island of Johanna, and the Comoro Cluster ((110-119))
(7) Whale-fishery in. the Mozambique Channel  ((120-123))
(8) White squalls, passage round Ceylon, and up the Coromandel coast ((124-126))
(9) Madras, masoolah-boats, debashes, bad meats, localities ((127-138))
(10) General track up the Bay, cautions necessary to be adopted by pilot-schooners at the Sand-heads ((139-141))
(11) General appearance of the coast, modes of getting up from the ship to Calcutta ((142-154))
(12) Coins and weights in use, land measure ((155-169))
(13) Taverns to be avoided, instructions and cautions regarding servants, women, &c. ((161-172))
(14) Estimate of primary and current expences ((173-175))
(15) Acquirement of the language, with advice regarding conduct in general ((176-178))
(16) Reasons for retaining a number of servants, religious scruples ((179-185))
(17) Classification of servants ((185-188))
(18) The Banian, and Darogah ((188-192))
(19) The Moonshy, the Jemmudur, the Chobe-dar, the Soontah-burdar, the Kansamah, the Sircar, the Cranny, specimen of style ((192-212))
(20) The Khedmutgar, the Mosaulchy, the Hookah-burdar, the Hookah, the Kaleaun, the Goor-goory, and the Neriaul ((212-228))
(21) Modes of carrying water, the Bheesty, Tatties ((229-236))
(22) The Babachy, the Durzy, the Doby, the Mohout, the Mate, and the Surwan ((236-253))
(23) The Syce, the Grass-cutter, the Mauly, mode of drawing water ((254-266))
(24) The Aub-dar, the Compadore, the Hirkarah, the Duftoree, the Fraush, the Mater, the Doureah, mode of keeping and feeding dogs ((267-280))
(25) The Kalashy, the Manjy, the Goleeah, and the Dandy ((281-287))
(26) The Berriarah, description of sheep, and mode of fattening ((288-293))
(27) The Chokey-dar, curious system of vigilance in the upper provinces, expert thieves ((294-298))
(28) The Durwan, the Cahar, insolence of the Ooreah bearers ((298-310))
(29) Hints regarding the lading of cattle ((310-311))
(30) Umbrellas, punkahs, liveries ((312-313))
(31) The mahanah-palanquin, the bochah, the taum-jaung, the bangy ((313-324))
(32) The r'hunt, the g'horry-waun, fine bullocks, the g'horry, the hackery ((325-333))
(33) Cautions against engaging European servants, either male or female ((334-336))
(34) Portugueze Ayah, ridiculously vain of their genealogies ((337-339))
(35) The Hindostanee Ayah ((340-341))
(36) The Dhye, domestic secrets ((341-346))
(37) Domestic manners and customs of the natives, with details of the state of society among them ((346-408))
(38) Flying kites, great dexterity, natives peculiarly tenacious of privacy in their dwellings  ((408-411))
(39) European polygamy, characters of women generally domiciliatcd by Europeans, ordinary expences ((413-417))
(40) Dress and ornaments of a Hindostanee lady ((417-431))
(41) Scented oils, mode of extracting the attar of roses, with calculation of expences ((431-441))
(42) Unctions in general use, bathing, alligators ((442-448))
(43) Invitations, visiting, female nomenclature, loud music ((449-451))
(44) Reasons for Europeans retaining native women, and impediments in the way of marriage ((451-458))
(45) Orphan Institution ((459-468))
(46) Vaccination in Bengal, mode of inoculating in use among the Brahmans, and among the Pahariahs, making capons ((469-475))
(47) The Native Hospital at Calcutta ((479-482))
(48) Style of building among the natives, mode of thatching, domestic furniture, the beetle-leaf and plant ((483-498))
(49) Cheroots, women smokers, imitations of native manners, dress, &c., and vice versa ((499-502))
(50) Mirza Abu Taaleb Khan, his ingratitude and vanity, comparison of his poetry with that of Hafiz and Yuqueen ((503-509))
(51) Precautions against fire, heavy rains, protection against them ((509-514))
(52) Bungalows, bricklayers, carpenter and smith, houses smeared with cow-dung, mindy applied to hands and feet ((514-520))

*On to Williamson 1810, Volume II*