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Pauzecour (Pänchgaur or Pan-ohama), ii, 145».
Pay-bills at Batavia, ii, 291 ff.
Pea.fowl, i, 57-8.
Peacock throne, i, 303-5.
Pearl,
fisheries, ii, 84 ff. ; a matchless, ii, 86-7 ; the Mughal's, ii, 103
; a perfect, ii, 103-4 ; King of Persia's, ii, 103; rati, value of, i, 333; ii, 348; sold to Shâista Khan, i, 17, 112-13; ii, 103 ; Mosque, i, 86 n.
Pearls,
figures of, ii, 103 ; large, i, 112, 229 ; in Mughal's treasury, i,
316-17; offered to King of Golkonda, i, 242-4 ; origin of, ii, 91-2 ;
season for fishing, ii, 92-6 ; where obtained, ii, 84 ff.
Peasants, oppression of the, i, 311-12.
Pegu, ii, 18 ; defioient in the arts, ii, 19 ; King of, ii, 147 ; precious stones of, ii, 77.
Peluel-ki-sera : see Palwal.
Penanoes, ii, 199-200 ; Aurang-zeb's, i, 296, 309 ; by widows, ii, 168.
Pengevl : see Pangal.
Penguins, i, 174 n. ; ii, 302 n., 307.
Penner river, in Madras, i, 227 n., 228 n., 230 n.
Peon (pion), a foot-soldier, i, 69-70.
Pepper, two kinds, ii, 11-12; small, ii, 248-9.
Pepper-House, the, at Cochin, i, 190.
Persia, Aurangzeb's embassy to, i, 297-9 ; the Shah of,* ib. ; i, 6.
Persian, adventurers in India, i, 139 ; ii, 138-9 ; coins, i, 330-1 ; greyhounds, ii, 309 ; jewellers, at Court, i, 110.
Peshawar (Ohaour), i, 76.
P'hattalang (Bordelon), ii, 128.
Philip IV, K. of Spain, ii, 112.
Philippine Is., ii, 82-3.
Physicians, Persian, i, 95-6 ; Indian, i, 240, 242.
Piastre, or Seville piece of eight = is. 6d ,i, 22, 144, 328.-
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Pigeons {Carpophaga), fruit-eating,
ii, 12. Pigs, wild, on St. Helena, ii, 309 ;
pigs' blood used to defile a
mosque, ii, 240. Pilgrimages of the idolaters, i,
237-8 ; ii, 190-2, 281. Pilläu : see Paläo. Pimpalner (Pipelnar), i, 116. Piombi sera, i, 45. Pion : see Peon. Pipai tree (Ficus religiosa, Linn.),
ii, 155 n. Pipar (Pipare), i, 71-2. Pipri (Pipeli and ? Pipelgan), i,
119, 120. Pirates : see Malabaris. Pistoles, i,
19, 328. Pite or Pitre, a German, i, 214. Place Royale, in Paris, i,
88, 140. Plantain fruit : see Adam's fig. Pointe de Galle, i, 206 ; ü,
245-6,
284. Pointe naïve (a diamond crystal),
ii, 57, 67. Poison, Portuguese use of, i, 182 ;
in Macassar, ii, 233 ; poisonous
reptiles in Siam, ii, 225. Police, of Golkonda, i, 125 ; in
Shah Jahân's time, i, 260. Polish Princes, prisoners in Turkey,
i, lvii, 169. Polhron (Pulo Run or Rung), I.,
ii, 14. Polliam (Palam ?), i, 121 n. Pompon-sou : see Fûnpûn. Ponyangel (î Sikrigali), i, 102. Ponocour (Vellutar ?), ii, 73. Pont Neuf, at Paris, i, 123. Ponter : see Pudëru. Pope, the, i, 183.
Poraimâmilla 1 (Morimol), i, 236. Porakâd (Porca), i, lv. 192, 195. Porcupine stone, the, ii, 119. Portuguese, bandits, i, 102, 105 ;
character of, i, 151-2 ; at Goa,
wealth of, i, 155-6; money,
i, 328 ; possess best port in
India, i, 150 ; priest, a, ii, 310 ;
slavers, ii, 311. Postal runners, i, 233. Potre, M., (D.), ii, 265.
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