It would occupy my pages beyond the limits I can conveniently spare to the subject, were I to pursue remarks on the popular cries of a Native city to their fullest extent; scarcely any article that is vended at the bazaars, but is also hawked about the streets. This is a measure of necessity growing out of the state of Mussulmaun society, by which the females are enabled to purchase at their own doors all that can be absolutely requisite for domestic purposes, without the obligation of sending to the markets or the shops, when either not convenient, or not agreeable. And the better to aid both purchasers and venders, these hawkers pronounce their several articles for sale, with voices that cannot fail to impress the inhabitants enclosed within high walls, with a full knowledge of the articles proclaimed without need of interpreters. [1] _Dukan_. [2] _Tatti_. [3] See pp. 57, 173, 174. [4] The fat of meat is never eaten by the Natives, who view our joints of meat with astonishment, bordering on disgust. [_Author_.] [5] Many Hindoostaunie dishes require the meat to be finely minced. [_Author_.] [6] Known as _gargarasaz_. [7] Baniya. [8] _Sarraf_. [9]: Cowries are small shells imported from the Eastern isles, which pass in India as current coin, their value fluctuating with the price of corn, from, sixty to ninety for one pice. [_Author_.] [10] _Hundi_. [11] _Dasturi_. [12] _Sipiwala gila sukha_. [13] _Jonk_, a leech; _kira_, a worm, _laganewali_. [14] _Kan saf karnewala_: more usually _Kanmailiya, kan_, the ear; _maila_, dirt. [15] _Gota, chandni bikau_, silver lace to sell! The dealer is _Gota, kinari farosh_. [16] _Tel ka acharwala_. [17] _Mithaiwala_. [18] _Khilaunewala_. [19] _Abrak_, talc. [20] _Pankahwala_. [21] _Tar_, the palmyra palm. [22] _Tarkari, mewa_. [23] _Sag_. [24] _Chitra_, spotted, speckled. [25] Quicksilver is used by Native physicians as the first of alternative tonics. [26] _Machhli_. [27] Being considered to be like snakes. [28] _Rohu_, a kind of carp, _Labeo rohita_. [29] _Chiryawala_. [30] _Bulbul, Daulias hafizi_, the true Persian nightingale. [31] _Sabza, sabzak_, green bird, usually a jay, _coracias_. [32] A shrike, one of the _laniadae_. [33] _Maina_, a starling, _Aeridotheres tristis_. [34] The black cuckoo, _Eudynamys orientalis_. [35] The note of the bird at night, detested by Anglo-Indians, gives it the name of the brain-fever bird. [36] _Lal, Estrelda amandava_, the avadavat, is so called because it was brought to Europe from Ahmadabad. [37] _Atishbazi_, fire-play. [38] Holi, the spring festival of the Hindus, at which bonfires are lighted, coloured water thrown about, and much obscenity is practiced. [39] See p. 161. [40] _Chabena, chabeni_, what is munched or chewed (_chabna_). [41] _Tamashawala: tamashabin_, a spectator of wonders. [42] _Sampwala_. [43] 'Mr. Secretary.'