PART II.
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LETTER XXVII. Page 1.
Description of Aleppo.
LETTER XXVIII. Page 10.
Short Account of the Turkish Constitution and Government.
LETTER XXIX. Page 19.
Account of Turkish Constitution and Government continued. Moral Character of the Turks.
LETTER XXX. Page 25.
Prejudices of Christian Writers, and their Misrepresentations of the Turkish Morals and Religion. Vindication of the latter.
LETTER XXXI. Page 33.
Vindication of the Turks continued. Description of a Caravan, Page 40. Account of Ceremonies used by Pilgrims at Mecca, Page 48.
LETTER XXXII. Page 51.
Aleppo continued. Frequent Broils in the Streets.
LETTER XXXIII. Page 59.
Aleppo continued. Coffee-houses. Story-tellers.
LETTER XXXIV. Page 66.
Aleppo continued. Puppet-shews. Raraghuze, or Punch, his Freedom of Speech and Satire.
LETTER XXXV. Page 74.
Disagreeable Adventure, which occasions a sudden Departure from Aleppo.
LETTER XXXVI. Page 83.
A Plan of Travelling settled. Tartar Guide. Departure from Aleppo.
LETTER XXXVII. Page 92.
Description of Tartar Guide. His Conduct. Arrival at Diarbeker. Padan Aram of Moses. Scripture Ground. Reflections. Description of the City of Diarbeker. Whimsical Incident occasioned by Laughing. Oddity of the Tartar.
LETTER XXXIX. Page 107.
Strange Traits in the Tartar’s Character. Buys Women, ties them up in Sacks, and carries them 50 Miles. Reflections on the Slave Trade. Apostrophe to the Champion of the oppressed Africans.
LETTER XL. Page 115.
Extravagant Conduct of the Tartar, which he afterwards explains satisfactorily. Extraordinary Incident and Address of the Tartar, in the Case of Santons.
LETTER XLI. Page 123.
Explanation of the Affair by the Santons. Bigotry. Reflections.
LETTER XLII. Page 130.
Arrives at Mosul. Description thereof. A Story-teller. A Puppet-shew. The Tartar forced to yield to Laughter, which he so much condemned. Set out for Bagdad. Callenders—their artful Practices.
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PART. III.
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LETTER XLIII. Page 1.
Arrives at Bagdad. Whimsical Conduct of the Guide. Character of the Turks. Short Account of Bagdad. Effects of Opinion. Ruins of Babylon. Leaves Bagdad. Attacked by Robbers on the Tigris.
LETTER XLIV. Page 11.
Arrives at Bassora. Account of that City. Leaves it, and arrives at Busheer. More Disappointments. Bombay. Goa. Gloomy Presentiments on leaving Goa. A Storm.
LETTER XLV. Page 19.
Shipwreck.
LETTER XLVI. Page 25.
The same.
LETTER XLVII. Page 31.
Made Prisoner by some of HYDER ALLI’S Troops. Humanity of a Lascar. Hardships. Meets a Friend. Mr. HALL.
LETTER XLVIII. Page 38.
Mr. HALL’s Misery aggravated by the Loss of a Miniature which hung at his Bosom. Sent under a Guard up the Country.
LETTER XLIX. Page 45.
Arrives at Hydernagur, the Capital of the Province of Bidanore. Brought before the Jemadar. Committed to Prison.
LETTER L. Page 55.
History of HYAT SAHIB. Called upon to enter into the Service of HYDER, and offered a Command. Peremptorily refuses. Another Prisoner, a Native. Court of Justice. Tortures and Exactions. Mr. HALL declining fast.
LETTER LI. Page 63.
Mr. HALL’s affecting Story.
LETTER LII. Page 70.
Pressed to enter into the Service of HYDER ALLI. Refusal. Threatened to be hanged. Actually suspended, but let down again. Still persists in a Refusal, and determined to undergo any Death rather than enter. Projects a Plan to excite a Revolt, and escape.
LETTER LIII. Page 77.
Project to escape defeated. Laid in Irons. Intolerable Hardships. Death of Mr. HALL.
LETTER LIV. Page 83.
Melancholy Situation. Cruelty. Released from Prison. Account of HYDER, and East Indian Politics in general.
LETTER LV. Page 88.
East Indian Politics continued.
LETTER LVI. Page 96.
Account of HYDER, and Indian Politics continued. General MATHEWS’s Descent on the Malabar Coast. Mounts the Ghauts. Approaches towards Hydernagur. Author’s Delight at getting into the open Air. Delivered by an unexpected Encounter from his Guards.
LETTER LVII. Page 103.
Returns to the Fort, and proposes to the Jemadar to give it up to the English. Proceeds to the English Camp.
LETTER LVIII. Page 110.
Meeting with General MATHEWS. Returns to the Fort with a Cowl. Delivers it to the Jemadar. Leads General MATHEWS into the Fort, and brings him into the Presence of the Jemadar. English Flag hoisted. Vindication of General MATHEWS from the Charge of Peculation.
LETTER LIX. Page 118.
Sets off for Bengal. Cundapore. Unable to proceed. Letter from General MATHEWS. Proceeds in an open Boat for Anjengo. Stopped by Sickness at Mangalore. Tellicherry. Anjengo. Travancore. Dancing Girls. Palamcotah. Madura. Revolt of ISIF CAWN.
LETTER LX. Page 132.
Trichinopoly. Tanjore. Burning of Gentoo Women with the Bodies of their Husbands. Negapatnam.
LETTER LXI. Page 149.
Leaves Negapatnam. Taken by a French Frigate. Horrible Reflections. SUFFREIN. Character of TIPPOO SAHIB. Escape. Arrives at Madras.
LETTER LXII. Page 149.
Passage to Bengal. Negociation for HYAT SAHIB. Mr. HASTINGS. Sir JOHN MACPHERSON. Hear from MACAULEY, Sir JOHN’s Secretary, of the Servant I lost at Trieste. Jagranaut Pagoda. Vizagapatnam.
LETTER LXIII. Page 167.
Masulipatam. Arrives at Madras. Determines to proceed on HYAT’s Business to Bombay. Reaches Palamcotah. Takes sick. Recovering, crawls to Anjengo, and thence to Bombay. Resolves to return again to Madras. Adventure with a young Lady. Surat. China. Bath. Conclusion.
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