Excerpt from Pandurang Hari, or Memoirs of a Hindoo, Vol. 1 of 3 The editor of this work, in travelling through the Deccan, had the singular good fortune to meet with a native who possessed but little of the selfish character of his countrymen. His Visits were disinterested in every respect, and they were uni formly met with that pleasure which, in European society, is always exhibited, upon the reception of a generous friend. In his conversation there was nothing like deceit; for, ill resembling the generality of his countrymen, he left his mask at home. There was no affected humility in his man ner; no servile and flattering epithets, so disgusting to European minds of any strength: he was, in short, the best speci men of the native character the editor ever saw; and his society was a thing Otvalue, in proportion to its extraordinary rarity in that part of the world. The name of this native was Nanna; of the family of the indi. 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.