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.

Volume I of II (*Williamson 1810*):

*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*