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GLOSSARY.

BANG, an intoxicating seed.
Bangle, a silver ornament.
Bazar, a market.

Buckree Eed, the feast of the goat: or the Mussulmaun passover.

Caaba, the chief temple of the Mussulmauns at Mecca.

Cast. The natives of India are divided into various

ranks, called casts: each cast has respective employments, which descend from father to son. Chaudur, a web of cloth, used as a girdle by men and as a veil by women.

Cherbutah, a terrace.

Coss, two miles.

Cummerbund, a girdle.

Debtas, demons.

Dirgah, a Mussulmaun burying-place.

Fakeer, a religious mendicant.

Feringhee, a Frank, or European.

Gunga, the river Ganges.

Hackery, a cart, generally drawn by bullocks.

Howdah, the elephant's tower.

Hukeem, a physician.

Huzrut Esau, blessed Jesus.

Jehennam, hell.

Jungle, a wild place, or wilderness.
Kartiku, the name of the god of war.
Lota, a drinking-vessel.

Lotus, the water-lily.

Mohurrum, a feast in commemoration of the death of Hussein and Hossein.

Motha, a fragrant herb.

Mount Himavut, a mountain to the north of Hindoostann.

Musnud, a throne.

Mussala, spices.

Musseeh, the Messiah.
Nurruck, hell.

Pagoda, a Hindoo temple.
Palanquin, an Indian sedan, or chair.

Parajatu, a most fragrant flower, said to grow in one of the many heavens of the Hindoos.

Pepul, a kind of tree, which, on account of the trembling of the leaves, and the rustling noise among the branches, is supposed to be the habitation of a god.

Rutt, a wheel carriage.
Salam, salutation.

Serai, a caravansera.

Shroffs, money-changers.

Sunyasses, a kind of dervise.

Tope, a grove.

Tum-tum, a small drum.

Ushivuttu, the Indian fig-tree.
Yogee, a kind of dervise.

Yumaluya, the place of torments.

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