The harp of prophecy.. present awful and eventful period.. reflections.. purport
of this concluding chapter.. auxiliaries on the important subject.. Britain highly
favoured... blessings of peace.. sensible and pious dedication by Hakluyt to
Sir Francis Walsingham..commencement of the East India Company's set-
tlements in India.. causes of their becoming generally interesting..no longer
simply a trading company, but sovereigns of an extensive empire.. French
and Dutch no longer in possession of a factory there.. epitome of the admi-
nistration of Hastings, Cornwallis, Wellesley, and other governors in India
.. institution of the college at Calcutta.. its essential advantages.. these great
characters opposed to the infamous successors of the Portugueze conquer-
ors of India.. geographical outline of Hindostan.. divisions.. revenue.. amelio-
ration of the natives under the wise and benevolent administration of Great
Britain..dreadful effects of famine. . humanity of the Bombay government..
comparative ignorance of Europeans respecting the Hindoos in 1774..luminous
researches of Mr. Hastings.. and grand acquisitions of knowledge since that
period.. reflections on the conversion of the Hindoos.. sentiments of the author
.. Dr. Johnson.. and many eminent writers.. the author assigns reasons for alter-
ing his opinion of the Hindoo character.. anecdote of an amiable pundit..
pleasing portraits of other natives..depravity of the zemindars and higher
castes, corroborated by other writers.. opinion of Sir William Jones, Lord
Teignmouth, Holwell and others.. charge of Sir John Mackintosh at Bombay
.. paramahansa, a caste who eat human flesh.. parricide and infanticide.. bless-
ings of Christianity, in time and eternity.. illustrated by many eminent charac-
ters.. its benevolence contrasted with the cruel policy of the Hindoo religion in
various instances.. Om, or Aum..druidical mysteries. . ignorance of the lower
castes of Hindoos., interesting anecdotes, prayers, and religious opinions of Sir
William Jones and Lord Teignmouth.. Lord Valentia's sentiments on Hindoo
conversion, and the example of Europeans in British India.. difficulty of con-