Copy 1, Volume 1

Oriental memoirs: a narrative of seventeen years residence in India / By James Forbes.

  • James Forbes
Date:
1834
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Oriental memoirs: a narrative of seventeen years residence in India / By James Forbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF TIIE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER I. The Author embarks as Writer for Bombay—Cape de Verd Islands —Sails for the Cape of Good Hope—Coast of Brazil—Arrival at Rio de Janeiro—Humming Birds described—City of St. Sebastian —Departure from South America—Tristan de Cunlia—Table Land—Storms off the Cape of Good Hope—Dying Dolphin—Ship on Fire—Sea-scurvv—Funeral Ceremony at Sea—Monotony and Distress in long Calms—Malabar Coast—Settlement of Cochin— Calicut—Tellicherry—Mangalore—Goa Harbour and City—Ar- rival at Bombay ........ Page 1 CHAPTER II. Residence at Bombay—Brief State of that Settlement in 1706— Cocoa-nut Tree—Palmyra—Date and Banian Tree—Gymno- sophists—Cubbeer—Burr—Anecdote of Monkeys—Areca—Betel, Mango, and other Fruits of Hindostan—Flowers—Vegetables— Rice grounds—Rainy Season—Dreadful Famines in India . 11 CHAPTER III. Mus-malabaricus — Musk-rat — Ants — Termites — Lizards — Guana Serpents—Cobra Minelle—Cobra de Capello—Dancing Snakes— Fatal effect of the poison of the Hooded Snake—Dr. Russell on the Indian Serpents—Insects of India—Locusts—Wild Honey—
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