CONTENTS.

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Prefatory Note. i
Introduction. iii
I. The Hindoo Household 1
II. The Birth of a Hindoo 22
III. The Hindoo School-boy 30
IV. Vows of Hindoo Girls 35
V. Marriage Ceremonies 41
VI. The Brother Festival 90
VII. The Son-in-law Festival 92
VIII. The Doorga Poojah Festival 93
IX. The Kali Poojah Festival 136
X. The Saraswati Poojah 151
XI. The Festival of Cakes 155
XII. The Holi Festival 159
XIII. Caste 165
XIV. A Brahmin 180
XV. The Bengalee Baboo 191
XVI. The Kobiraj, or Native Physician 209
XVII. Hindoo Females 216
XVIII. Polygamy 227
XIX. Hindoo Widows 237
XX. Sickness, Death, and Shrad or Funeral Ceremonies 246
XXI. Suttee, or the Immolation of Hindoo Widows 272
XXII. The Admired Story of Sabitri Brata, or the
Wonderful Triumph of Exalted Chastity 280
Appendix 293

ERRATA.
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Page 49, line 4, for "Butterfly," read, "PrajÁpati—the (Lord.)"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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