Excerpt from Missions in Hindustan: With a Brief Description of the Country, and of the Moral and Social Condition of the Inhabitans Considering the number of works on the peculiarities of the Hindus that already exist, it could hardly be expected that any thing now written on that subject would possess much origi nality. The author of this unpretending work has, in general, confined himself to giving a narrative of facts, as these came under his own observation during his residence and travels in India. He has found, however, among the writings of Sir William Jones, Ward, Dufi', Campbell, Buyers, and others, and also in numerous articles in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, much that is interesting regarding the religion and literature of Hindustan; and when the views thus presented have ao corded with personal observation, he has been happy to draw from such respectable authorities, though he has not thought it necessary to occupy his pages with references. Indeed, on the subject of the religious belief of the Hindus, all modern writers have been in a great measure indebted to those who have unlocked parts of the immense masses of Sanscrit lore and lumber, - of folly and fiction, which are embodied in the Shasters or sacred books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.