Means of support still remaining to bramhuns, arising from service,'
presents, religious ceremonies, festivals, aud what are equivalent to
'church-lands, ......
Kshutriyus few in Bengal; their daily ceremonies similar to those of
the bramhuns,...
Duties of a king, extracted from the Rajturŭnginēē,
Customs and duties of the voishyŭs,
Degraded state of the shōōdrus,
A degree of manly spirit among them greater than in former times,.... 92
Duties of shōōdrus; the object of their daily worship,......
Trades in many instances pursued by them indiscriminately,.
State of knowledge among the shōōdrus,..
Brambuns deny that there are any pure shōōdrus at present,
Divisions of rank among the shōōdrus which keep up distinctions as
decidedly as between bramhůns and shōōdrus,
State of the arts and manners among the different orders of shōōdrus,..
The voidyus privileged to 'wear the poita, their manners; the progress
of knowledge among them, .....
Origin of the kayŭst'hŭs, and different orders among them,.......... ib.
Importance of inducing the native doctors to use the vaccine matter for
the cow-pox, to prevent the great mortality arising from the small-pox, ib.
Bramhuus degraded by practising physic,
Domestic wares which are not known among the Hindoos,....
Remarks on the cast, employments, and state of knowledge among the
fishermen, distillers, dancers, shoe-makers, mat-makers, &c.
General Remarks on the cast, its injustice, its effects on improvement,
on social order, &c.........
Eight modes of marriage mentioned in the shastrů,..
The age at which the marriage ceremony takes place,
Wedding procession after marriage when the bride returns home,
Ceremonies at the house of the bride's father,
Anecdotes on this subject,
Other ceremonies at what is called the second marriage,..
Excessive attachment of Hindoo mothers to sons,
Polygamy; its baneful effects seen in Hindoo familjes,........
Marriage after the death of the first wife in eleven days,
Girls substitute prayers to the gods for courtship-seldom happy in
Proverbial sayings and descriptions illustrative of manners,...... 218
Conversations-between a man and his wife, 230-on the happy
effects of polygamy, 235-between a man and his neighbour ou do-
mestic affairs, 237-a village conference, 240-between two persons
returned from presenting offerings to the dead, 243-between two
others just returned from the festival of Doorga, 245-between a
voishnŭvů and a disciple of the female deities, 247-respecting an
absent person who neglects the ceremonies of religion, 248-on re-
jecting a person, and restoring him again to his cast,
Specimens of letters, viz. invitation to a festival, 253—from a
mother to her son, with the answer,
Specimens of Songs, 256-Account of musical instruments,......
Account of pantomimical entertainments,
Account of deaths and funeral ceremonies,
Conversation with a dying man lying on the bank of the Ganges,.. ib.
Directions in the form of a will,..
Bodies thrown into the river as an act of interment,
Remarks on the effects of early marriages,
On denying education to women,
Remarks on the deficiency of the education of the male population, 279
on the exclusion of women from the social circle,
on the degradation to which women are reduced, 280-the
on cruelty to widows in burning them alive, or reducing them
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