ii. 36; Burmah, 59; Siam, 63;
China, 218; Japan, 374; islands

of the Pacific, 405

Revenue of the Company, i. 394
Rhubarb, Chinese, ii. 313

Robbery, a legal trade in ancient
India, i. 127

Rodriguez islands, ii. 470

Roe, Sir Thomas, at the court of Jehan-

gir, i. 67; obtains the redress of
some mercantile grievances, 101
Romans become masters of the Indian
trade, i. 84

Ryotwar settlement, 402

SAGO, 100

Saint Helena, 496

Salt, revenue from, 407

Sandalwood island, 93
Sandwich islands, 406; their sud-

den civilization, 407; boudoir of
a native lady, 410; government,
ib.; commerce, 411

Sarawak, 106

Scythia, the country of the Tartars,

20

Sea-slug, see Tripang.
Seleucus, expedition of, 12

Seringapatam, first capture of, i. 233;
second capture, 237

Seychelles islands, 470
Shah Jehan, history of, 68; struggle
of his four sons for the empire, 69;
his death and character, 70

Shanghae, capture of, 363
Siam, productions of, ii. 62; religion,

63; manners, 64

Silk, early history of, 88; one of
the staples of trade under the
Dutch monopoly, 102; Indian,
461; Chinese, ii. 283
Singapore, foundation of, 85; its

prosperity, 86; trade with the
Archipelago, 129

Slave kings of India, 41

Society islands, 412; progress of,

414

Sooloo islands, 109

Southern Africa, see Cape of Good
Hope.

Spaniards, their fortunes in the Archi-
pelago, 81

Spice islands, 98

Spices, imported by the Romans, 86;
one of the principal staples under
the Dutch monopoly, 102
Steam navigation, history of, 473

Storms, theory of, 481

Straits' Settlements, 86
Sugar, Indian, 459
Sumatra, 89

Sumbhawa, 92

Swan River, see Australia.

TABOO of the Pacific islands, 408
Tahiti, fatal visit of the Bounty, 412;
historical beauty of the women,
413

Tamerlane ravages India, i. 47
Taouism, see Laon-tse

Tartars, their habitat and early move-

ments, i. 21; divided into three
nations, 23; their struggle with
the Chinese, ii. 161; ascend the
throne of China, 163; driven
back into the desert, 165; new con-
quest of China, 167; disgraceful
massacre of Tartar troops by the
British, 360; slaughter their own
families at Chapoo, 361; and at
Chin-kiang-foo, 366
Tasmania, colonized by convicts as a
dependency of New South Wales,
441; declared independent of

New South Wales, 449; increase
of free settlers and rapid progress,
450; constituted the grand jail of
the empire, 451

Taxation of the ancient Hindoos, i. 168;
changes introduced by the Ma-
homedans, 180

Taycocktow, capture of, ii. 342
Tea, commencement of the trade in,
i. 103; Indian, 465; Chinese, ii.
268; manufacture of, 282; Ja-
panese, 389

Tenasserim provinces, 62. 64
Ternate, 98

Theophilanthropists, i. 498

Thibet, description of, ii. 32; produc-

tions, 34; religion, 36; history,

39; customs and manners,

Timor, 93

Tin of the Archipelago, 124

42

Ting-hae, first capture of, 337;
second capture, 352

Tobacco, Indian, i. 464
Toghlak dynasty of India, 44
Tonquin, ii. 140

Trades in India, i. 125; rudeness of

their tools, 133; influence upon
them of the Mahomedan rule, 134

Tripang, ii. 123

Tse-ke, capture of, 358

Turks, a nation of Tartars, i. 23
Tydore, ii. 98

Tyrian purple, probably composed in
part of the gum lac of India, i. 87

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, see Tas-

mania
Vedas, 173

Venice becomes the mistress of the
Indian trade, 91

Village system of India, 124; causes
of its permanence, 170

WAIRAU massacre, ii. 424
Wine, Cape, 493

Women, in the laws of the Hindoos, i.

182; in their poems and plays,
183; segregation of, 184; their
social influence, ib.; alleged in-
delicacy, 187

Wool, Indian, 466; Chinese, ii. 205;
Cape, 492

ZEMINDARY settlement, i. 399
Zenobia, the famous Queen of the East,

85.