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Delegare (Ligor), tin mines, ii, 128.
Delft, in Holland, ii, 319.
Delhi (Dehly), i, 1, 78.
Demi-pique, i, 81.
Denier, a French money of account, i, 327.
Denier, a French weight, i, 333.
Denouserin : see Tenasserim.
Deogan, t., i, 120 ; also Deogäon.
Deogâon {Disgaon), i, 116.
Depilatories, i, 77 ; ii, 186.
D'Etna, Sera, Sarai Daryä, i, 101.
Dervishes (Derricks and Deruichs), i, 44, 66-8 ; ii, 280.
Dhanäka of Hiuen Thsiang, i, 209.
Dharmat, battle of, i, 265 n.
Dharnâ, sitting, ii, 173.
Dholpur (Dolpoura), i, 53.
Diamond, Orlofi, ii, 337, 341 ; Austrian Yellow, i, 332 ; ii, 98, 346 f. ; Bâbur's, ii, 332 ; in Koel river, Bengal, ii, 65 ; ' Blue,' ii, 100 n. ; cutting, ii, 44 ; Florentine, ii, 76,98, 346 f. ; Koh-i-nür, ii, 331-46 ; Mâtan, ii, 361 ; merchants, ii, 47 f. ; mines, ii, 41-4 ; in Bengal, ii, 62 f., 354-9 ; in Borneo, ii, 359-61 ; in India, list of, ii, 348 ff. ; in Kadapa (Cuddapah) District, ii, 349 ; of Kollur, ii, 56, 69, 99 ; revisited in 1653, i, 247 ; worked by Mir Jumlâ, i, 230 ; miners, pay of, ii, 46 ; mining, ii, 59-61 ; the Great Mogul's, i, 315 ; ii, 75, 97 ff. ; at Kollür—discovery of, ii, 57, 331-43 ; terms for, ii, 76 ; the Grand Duke of Tuscany's, ii, 75-6, 98, 346-8 ; weights, ii, 69-70 ; i, lviii.
Diamonds, in Borneo, ii, 67, 359-61 ; brittle, ii, 61 ; colours of, ii, 58 ; famous, ii, 97 ff. ; described by Garcia da Orta, ii, 333 ; with green crust, ii, 61 ; Jesuits trade in, ii, 239 ; sold to King of France, ii, 100, PI. ; to Dom Phil, de Mascarenhas, i, 182; Mir Jumlâ's, i, 230; values of, ii, 73-4 ; private trade in, i, 248 ; swallowing, ii,
46 ; weights of, mentioned by
Tavemier, ii, 347-8, Dilod (Telm), i, 46. Dirauril : see Tarâwarî. Directors of the Dutch Company,
ii 318, 323. Disease, images offered on cure of,
i, 210 ; ii, 178. Disgaon : see Deogâon. Distance, measures of, i, 39, 335. Diu, i,5,249; ii, 28-30. Divan (Diwan), the, i, 80-3 ; a,
projecting, i, 88-9. Diving for pearls, ii, 92 ff. Dog's flesh eaten in Assam, ii,
221. Dol-Medan, i, 41. Dolpoura : see Dholpur. Dom tribe, ii, 65 n. Dominicans, i, 159, 163. Donapour, t., i, 103. Dongri or Dungri (Dongry), near
Narwar, i, 49. D'Orléans, M. le Duc, (F.), ii,
260. Dovloudia, i, 103. Dour-ay (? Duraiba), i, 45. Drinking at Batavia, ii, 253. Drugs, African, ii, 127 ; Indian, ii,
16-17. Ducat (a coin), i, 12, 328. Dung, grain in cow's, a sacred
food, i, 226 ; ii, 164. Düpäd (Doupar), i, 239. Duraibä (Dour-ay), i, 46. Durgâvatï river (? Saode-sou), i,
98. Durian (durion), fruit, ii, 225. Dutch, the, capture English ship,
ii, 288-9; at Chaprä, i, 100;
colonists at the Cape, ii, 305-6 ;
commander in Ceylon, i, 206 ;
blockade Goa, i, 149 ; at Dacca,
i, 105; embassy to China, ii,
235 f. ; pay bills, ii, 291-8 ;
323 f. ; perfidy of, ii, 247 f. ;
prisoners to Javanese, ii, 289 ;
treacheries of, ii, 272 ; vessels
of war, i, 249 ; war with Java,
ii, 286-9 ; frauds by officials, ii,
257 ff. ; supremacy in Eastern
Seas, i, xlv-vi.