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| Dossabhoy, Merwanee, and other memhers OF me
celebrated Lowjee Family, which he belongs mas
given insight into naive society heIed.
imperfect experiences it is true, but enough 20
me that in none of the English works on India winch
have read has Justice been done TO the character OF
the native population. The Parsees especially Iof
community distinguished for its intelligence en:e.
prise and public spirit ltwoud be no eAaS To- =;
10 say that more than half the wealth OF Bombay Is
] in the hands Of this class, which comprises less
| 10 900 souls, out of population oil 4ou,ooo' On
Jamsetiee Jeeieebhoy, the Parsee Barone'' P!eSe"
one of the most striking examples OF commercat sue
cess, 10 be found in the history OF any country: l
gentleman, whose splendid benevolence mas ll"Pei.
ishably connected his name with his native Guy
the sun of IA poor man, and commenced MS caIeel III
life as buyer and seller of empty botties by Plu
dence, economy and in elligence he rose from one
success TO another, till at present his fortune 10
mated at three crores of rupees ll5'ouo'uoo.l ~
has given away in charities of various Xmas
Of 50 900 900, and scarcely day passes without re-
cording some further evidence of his generosity
Among othet works which owe their existence "
him-and for which Re was knIghted ny 'he Euee"'
being the first native who ever received ua' ui'o
ton-are the Hospital which bears his name' ''e
causeway from Bombay Island TO Salselte, (calied
Lady Jameserjee's CausewaY) and the aqueouGt lcr
supplying the City of Poonah with water ne 10
now vergng upon his eightieh year, and very III
irm His eldest son, CuIseljee, lnheTlts MS ehteI
prise and bodness, and possesses large fortune OF
his making. Another of his sons has dls'ln-
guished himself Persian scholar and has pup
lished work the Era of Zorcaster. 49,.
DR.. Bhawoo Dajee distinguished Hindoo Physi-
clan, of whom shall have more 10 say, klnGiy ac-
companed me to Sir Jamsetjee's town residence d
large and elegant mansion within the toFt' he uu
gentleman was absent, but we were receiVeo ny ".'
son Sorahjee, who inquired after Mr. CharIes Nol-
ton, of Cambridge, and showd me North 4nerfcan
Ririeoc, containing Mr.. Ms biography oil Slr Jam
seIjee. The residence is very elegantly turnlsned'
in a style combining European comfort win OIehc
tai display. Portraits of the different members OF
the family occupied the walls and in the center OF
the principal saloon stood splendid testlmonial, IN
wrought silver, three feet high presented 10 Janse'
ice by three Of the Bombay merchants.
The Pdrsees settled the Maiabar Coast ABOUT
eight centuries ago, after their expulsion from Persia
They are is we'll known, followers OF Horoaster'
recognizing Good and one Evil Principle VINO
contend for the mastery OF the Universe. Ihey "oi,
ship the sun, the representative OF Cod hre In all
its forms, and the sea. Their temples contain no
images, but only the sacred fire, and though they
have fixed days for the performance OF various mes
they repeat their prayers every morning, soon alter
sunrise. The dead neither buried nor burned
but exposed TO the air within walled lnciosnre' OH
the summit Of hill. The bodies Of the rich are pro-
ted by wire screen, until wasted away, out NOSE
of the poor are soon deysured by birds of prey The
children generally married at from two 10 hVe
years of aye, and brought up ogether until OF pro-
per age to assume the duties OF married lie. host
of the marriages are celebrated at this time OF the
year, and the streets continually resound with the
music of the bridal professions. First comes string
of palanquins and carriages, filled with chiioien OF
both sexes-and very beautiful are the Parsee chill
dren-clad in silk besPangled with gold' ana win
pearl and emerald ornaments in their ears. Then
band of native musicians, generally playing Lucy
Long" or " Garry me back" &C.; after them the
bridal dowry, covered with massive exungulsheTS OF
silver and the procession is CLOSED by concourse of
women, whose splendid mantels Of scarlet: crimson,
orange yellow and purple silk, CLEAN In the sun
Like tulip BEDS of different dyes,
Bending beneath the west-wind's signs"
My friend Cursetjee Merwanjee, accompanied me
the other day in drive around the envrons OF Bonn
bay. After passing the espIanade, which is thickly
dotted with the of the military and the bamboo
cottages of the officers, entered the outer tower,
inhabited entirely by the natives. The houses are
two three stories in height, with open wooden
verandahs in front, many of which have dark, mel
low old look, from the curousy carved posts and rail-
Ing of black-wood which adorn them. Mixed with the
houses groups of the beautiful cocon-pam which
rise above their roofs and hang their feahery crowns
above the crowded highway. Outside of the town
all is shade and the splendcr of tropical bloom. The
roads are admirable, and we rolled smoothly along
in the cool twilight Of embowered cocoa brdb and
date palms, between whose pillard trunks the after
poured streams of broad golden lis hit. The
crimson sagiltaria Haunted its famelike leaves on
the terraces {; variety of the acacia hung thick with
milky Pendulous blossoms, and every gateway dis
closed avenue Of urns leading up TO some subur-
ban palace, all overladen with gorgeous southern
flowers. We rode thus for miles around and over
Malabar Hill, and along the shores of the Indian
Ocean, till the hills of Salsete, empurpIed by the
sunset, shone in the distance like the mountains OF
fairy land.
had thought the Government of Egypt despotic,
for taxing the poor Nubians piasre and a-haf ~
cents) annually for each of their date trees, but the
East India Company exacts from to three rupees
$50 cents TO 81 50) each tree according 10 its
quality. AS the principal produce of the trees is
tart, kind of palm wine, used only by The natives.
Such tax appears enormous, and gives color to
what have aireaky heard, that the of the
country are mercilessly drained by the Company,
for tho purpose of ing out its expensive system
of annexation, and at the time paying the Tegu
lar yearly dividend to the shareholders. However,
let me not PREJUDICE the Company its servants.
India should be better under the security of English
rule, than unde: its former horde of petty sOvereigHs
and their devastating war, and shall no doubt find
some good 10 oveTbaance the evil which is insepara
BILE from the present system.
In the course of our excursion we visited Hindoo
Temple the western shore of the island. 1t is
whom has his separate shrine. We were not per-
med 60 further than the DOORS But the attendants
removed the hangings and showed US the figures of
the gods. Their names were in the Mahraua lam
guage, and do not remember the Sancrt appellation
of any except Maha-deo The temple occupied the
summit Of small hill, and was approached by
ghauts, flights of steps, of hewn stone. Near it
there much older shrine, with an image in dark
recess tiger, rudely sculptured sat in the outer
porch, facing it. Several bells hung from the roof
and each of the natives who accompanied US rang one
Of these, both passing in and out.
DR.. Bhawoo Daiee took me to visit the Jamsebjee
Jeejeebhay Hospital the name of which declares its
founder. 1t is story stone building, in the
Gothic style, and divided into number of wards,
where the destitute Christian, Jewish, Hindoo, Par
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