SPECIMENS OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES

from printed tracts

generally much smaller than the size of native manuscript.

Bengallee,

তোমাকে সাশীৰ্বাদ করিব, ও ডোয়ার নাম বিখ্যাত করিব, এবং তুমি

Burman:used also with a few additions & alterations for Karen & Pequan.

လူများတို့သည်မျှော်လင့်၍ ယောဟန်သည်ခရစ်တေ

Persian ,

عضی نواب موصوف گذرانید هولکر بها در پرسیدند

Arabic,

گھاسونگے پیدا ھونے کا کیا سبب هی کچه بهی نہم میں

GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN.

SOLD BY BOOKSELLERS GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES.

1839.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839,

BY GOULD, Kendall, and LINCOLN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

CONTENTS.

PART III.

TRAVELS IN HINDUSTAN, MALAYA,

SIAM, AND CHINA.

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CHAPTER I.

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Weddings

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Voyage to Calcutta — Saugor Island - Hoogly River - Landing —

Houses Servants Streets

Doorga Pooja

General Assembly's School- - Benevolent Institution - Orphan

Refuge - Central School - The Martiniere - Leper Hospital-

Operations of Education Committee - Colleges - Progress of the

English Language — Use of Roman Alphabet — Native Periodicals

Hindu and Mahometan Edifices Ram Mohun Roy - Bromha

Sobha Population of Calcutta - Expenses of Living - Habits of

Extravagance Morals Religion - Clergy - Places of Worship

-Missionary Operations — Christian Villages - Hinduism shaken

Serampore; Aspect; Population; Marshman; College; Grave-

Yard. Operations of the Mission..

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CHAPTER II.

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Madras-Catamarans Difficulty of Landing- Black Town Es-

planade Population Illustrations of Scripture — State of Reli-

gion Catholics Teloogood Travelling by Palankeen — Pon-

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dicherry - Cuddalore-Tranquebay,- Combaconum

Kohlhoff-Swartz Trichinopoly Heber Seringham - Sla-

very in Hindustan-Idolatry supported by Government-Brah-

mins and Brahminism — Progressive Poverty of the Country..p. 48

Prices of Passage in India

Straits of Malacca - Harbor and Town of Singapore - Climate

Productions-Commerce — Islamism — Population - Moral Char-

acter of Population - Orang Louts - Chinese Wedding - Mission-

ary Operations- Malacca - History of the Settlement Extent

Population-Progress of Christianity - Anglo-Chinese College -

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Common Schools - Malay Peninsula - Origin of Malay Race

- Keda — Perak - Salengore — Johore - Rumbo - Pa-

- Ligore Character of

Divisions

hang - Tringano -

Malays

Calantan Patani

Slavery — Language.

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CHAPTER IV.

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Take Leave of British India — European Manners — Voyage to Ban-

kok-River Meinam - Paknam-Audience with the Governor-

Situation of Bankok - Floating Houses - General Appearance

Visit to the Pra Klang; Servile Forms of Politeness - Chow Fah;

Singular Custom - Pra Nai Wai — Pra Amramole - Present of an

Elephant; Of a Cochin-Chinese Slave - Population of Bankok -

Police of the City — Climate - Wats-Houses - Streets-Bridges

- Somona Codom - History of Siam - Extent of the Empire -

- Personal Appearance of Siamese - Dress - Amuse-

Military Force · Commerce - Prices of Provision

Fruits Currency — Character -- Degree of Civilization -- Slavery

-Language-- Establishment of the Mission Mission Premises -

Worship - Converts - Bankok a Station for the Chinese - Dis-

tribution of Scriptures - Need of more Laborers - Constitution of

a Church

Harmony of Sects - Roman Catholics....

Population

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Voyage to Canton China Sea -- Mouth of Pearl River -

Pilots - Lintin -- Bocca-tigris - Whampoa - Innumerable Boats -

Evidences of dense Population - Dollar-Boat — River Scenery

Population of Canton - Foreign Factories or Hongs — Walks in

the Suburbs Streets Shops Vacant Spaces Placards

Perambulatory Trades Bookseifers.Chrculating Libraries

Map of the World - Beggars. Small-footed Women- Trades

Labor-saving Machinery Chinese Piety -- Tombs - Visit to a

Hong Merchant - Restrictions on Foreigners - Temples - Priests

and Nuns - Pagodas Chinese Sets Introduction of Boodhism

- Jos —— State of Morals in the Foreign Society — Opium Trade

Missionaries - Dr. Parker's Hospital-Macao - Appearance from

Harbor In a State of Decline - Missionaries- Mr. Gutzlaff-

Voyages along the Coast-Interesting School How far China

is open to Missionaries - Dr. Colledge's Hospital..

Embark for Home - Straits of Gaspar and Sunda - Petty Monsoon

Cape of Good Hope - Remarkable Phenomenon

False Alarm Slave Trade - Landing at Newport-Summary

Reflections.....