Curiosities and remarkable customs in pagan and Mohammedan countries
Subtitle: being a series of lectures and descriptions.
Contributors: Duff, Alexander, 1806-1878.
Publisher: Caleb Wright
Published: 1848
Place of publication: Troy, N. Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Paganism.; Islamic countries -- Social life and customs.
Table of contents: Lectures on India. - Lectures on India lecture 2. - A lecture on the condition of women in pagan and Mahometan countries. - Curiosities and remarkable customs in pagan and Mohammedan countries. - Specimens of the Shasters ; or, Sacred books of the Brahmins ; consisting of songs, legendry tales, etc., written 3000 years ago. - A description of the habits and superstitions of the Thugs, a sect who profess to be divinely authorized to obtain their livelihood by a systematic course of plunder and murder. - A description of the Durga and Kali festivals celebrated in Calcutta, at an expense of three millions of dollars, by Alexander Duff. - Superstitions of the Ashantees, especially those which lead them to sacrifice on certain occasions, thousand of human victims.