BOOK II.

CHAP. I.

_Birth and Education of Children_ 253

CHAP. II.

_State of Marriage among the Indians_ 269

CHAP. III.

_Laws of the Indians_ 284

CHAP. IV.

_Classes or Families of the Indians_ 293

CHAP. V.

_Administration of Justice among the Indians_ 309

CHAP. VI.

_Languages of the Indians_ 313

CHAP. VII.

_Religion and Deities of the Indians_ 324

CHAP. VIII.

_Hieroglyphical Marks of Distinction among the Indians_ 340

CHAP. IX.

_Division of Time--Festivals--Calendar of the Indians_ 345

CHAP. X.

_Music, Poetry, Architecture, and other Arts and Sciences of the Indians_ 364

CHAP. XI.

_Medicine and Botany of the Indians_ 401

CHAP. XII.

_Author’s Voyage to Europe--Some Account of the Island of Ceylon_ 424

CHAP. XIII.

_The Author’s Voyage to Europe continued--Short Account of the Isles of France and Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Island of Ascension._ 437

ERRATA.

Page 28, last line, for _Krishavaram_, read _Krishnavaram_. 56, sixth line from the top, for _Condur_, read _Coudur_. 64, third line from the bottom, for _Tindacalla_, read _Tindacolla_. 125, first line, for _Clagnil_, read _Elagnil_.

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