CHAPTER 12 The Silver Tree, or 'Kalpa Briksha'--The 'Singhâra', or _Trapa bispinosa_, and the Guinea-Worm CHAPTER 13 Thugs and Poisoners CHAPTER 14 Basaltic Cappings of the Sandstone Hills of Central India--Suspension Bridge--Prospects of the Nerbudda Valley--Deification of a Mortal CHAPTER 15 Legend of the Sâgar Lake--Paralysis from eating the Grain of the _Lathyrus sativus_ CHAPTER 16 Suttee Tombs--Insalubrity of deserted Fortresses CHAPTER 17 Basaltic Cappings--Interview with a Native Chief--A Singular Character CHAPTER 18 Birds' Nests--Sports of Boyhood CHAPTER 19 Feeding Pilgrims--Marriage of a Stone with a Shrub CHAPTER 20 The Men-Tigers CHAPTER 21 Burning of Deorî by a Freebooter--A Suttee CHAPTER 22 Interview with the Râjâ who marries the Stone to the Shrub--Order of the Moon and the Fish CHAPTER 23 The Râjâ of Orchhâ--Murder of his many Ministers CHAPTER 24 Corn Dealers--Scarcities--Famines in India CHAPTER 25 Epidemic Diseases--Scape-goat CHAPTER 26 Artificial Lakes in Bundêlkhand-Hindoo, Greek, and Roman Faith CHAPTER 27 Blights CHAPTER 28 Pestle-and-Mortar Sugar-Mills--Washing away of the Soil CHAPTER 29 Interview with the Chiefs of Jhânsî--Disputed Succession CHAPTER 30 Haunted Villages CHAPTER 31 Interview with the Râjâ of Datiyâ--Fiscal Errors of Statesmen-- Thieves and Robbers by Profession CHAPTER 32 Sporting at Datiyâ--Fidelity of Followers to their Chiefs in India-- Law of Primogeniture wanting among Muhammadans CHAPTER 33 'Bhûmiâwat' CHAPTER 34 The Suicide-Relations between Parents and Children in India CHAPTER 35 Gwâlior Plain once the Bed of a Lake--Tameness of Peacocks CHAPTER 36 Gwâlior and its Government CHAPTER 37 [2] Contest for Empire between the Sons of Shah Jahân CHAPTER 38 [2] Aurangzêb and Murâd Defeat their Father's Army near Ujain CHAPTER 39 [2] Dârâ Marches in Person against his Brothers, and is Defeated CHAPTER 40 [2] Dârâ Retreats towards Lahore--Is robbed by the Jâts--Their Character CHAPTER 41 [2] Shâh Jahân Imprisoned by his Two Sons, Aurangzêb and Murâd CHAPTER 42 [2] Aurangzêb Throws off the Mask, Imprisons his Brother Murâd, and Assumes the Government of the Empire CHAPTER 43 [2] Aurangzêb Meets Shujâ in Bengal, and Defeats him, after Pursuing Dârâ to the Hyphasis CHAPTER 44 [2] Aurangzêb Imprisons his Eldest Son--Shujâ and all his Family are Destroyed CHAPTER 45 [2] Second Defeat and Death of Dârâ, and Imprisonment of his Two Sons CHAPTER 46 [2] Death and Character of Amîr Jumla CHAPTER 47 Reflections on the Preceding History CHAPTER 48 The Great Diamond of Kohinûr CHAPTER 49 Pindhârî System--Character of the Marâthâ Administration--Cause of their Dislike to the Paramount Power CHAPTER 50 Dhôlpur, Capital of the Jât Chiefs of Gohad--Consequence of Obstacles to the Prosecution of Robbers CHAPTER 51 Influence of Electricity on Vegetation--Agra and its Buildings CHAPTER 52 Nûr Jahân, the Aunt of the Empress Nûr Mahal,[3] over whose Remains the Tâj is built