CHAPTER III.

THE DECCAN.

Hyderabad in the Deccan--Elephant riding--Ostrich race--Hospitality--Eastern hospitality at Hyderabad--Golconda--The famous Koh-i-noor--Regret at leaving the Deccan--Towers of Silence--Sects--The Hindu _Smáshán_--The Pinjrapole--Bhendi Bazar--Máhábáleshwar--Goa and West India--Life there--What to see--The Inquisition--Xavier's death--The Inquisition perishes--Sea journey to Suez--After a stay in Egypt, to Trieste.