In the district of Tranquebar, there arrived 3 vessels, tonnage 236, of wide!" 1, tonnage, 65, was under Asiatic co lours; and 2, tonnage 171, under English. And there de. parted 5, tonnage 600; all of which were under English colours.
In the district of Nagore, there arrived 1223 vessels, ton nage 38,868, of which 1, tonnage 240, was under Arab co lours ; 358, tonnage 18,114, under Asiatic ; 1, tonnage 800, underBurmah; 863, tonnage 19,714, under English. And there departed 1798, tonnage 50,245, of which 1, tonnage 269, was under American ; 167, tonnage 9561, under Asiatic ; and 1613, tonnage 40,415, under English colours.
In the district of Ramnad, there arrived 107 vessels, ton nage 1792, all of which were under Asiatic colours. And there departed 119, tonnage 2952, all likewise under Asia tic colours.
In the district of Tinnevelly, there arrived 406 vessels, tonnage 10,100, of which 308, tonnage 5913, were under Asiatic colours ; and 128, tonnage 4187, under English. And there departed 366, tonnage 8103, of which 246, ton nage 4162, were under Asiatic ; and 120, tonnage 3941, were under English colours.
In the district of Malabar, there arrived 1146 vessels, tonnage 71,796, of which 3, tonnage 520, were under American ; 1, tonnage 250, under Arab ; 1141, tonnage 68,576, were under English colours; and 1, tonnage 200', under Portuguese colours. And there departed 469, ton nage 55,268, of which 4, tonnage 770, were under Ameri can ; 1, tonnage 100, under Arab ; and 464, tonnage 54,398. were under English colours.
In the district of Canara, there arrived 943 vessels, ton nage 36,951, of which 16, tonnage 13,292, were under Arab; 882, tonnage 23,409, under English ; and 1, ton nage 250, were under Portuguese colours. And there de parted 882, tonnage 24,576, of which 7, tonnage 2335. were under Arab ; 874, tonnage 22,228, under English ; and 1, tonnage 13, were under Portuguese colours: In the district of Ganjam, there arrived 83 vessels, ton nage 9470, of which 80, tonnage 9311, were under Asiatic ; and 3, tonnage 159, were under English colours. And there departed 206, tonnage 25,802, of which 197, tannage 21,009, were under Asiatic; and 9, tonnage 4793, were un der English colours.
The grand total of arrivals was 5826 vessels, tonnage 267,888 ; and of departures 5292, tonnage 265,249.
TUE Ilindoos constitute the great mass of the popula tion of India. Their features and persons seem to mark them out as a peculiar race. Their hair is long, deep black, and by no means coarse. Their nose and lips resemble those of the European. Their eye-brows are lull, espect cially in the men. The eye itself discovers a tinge of yel low in the white of it, while the iris is black ; but it pos sesses little animation or intelligence. The form of the face is oval. In the northern provinces of Hindostan the men are strong and muscular. To the south of Lahore they arc generally delicate, and comparatively weak in the struc ture of their frames : even these, hotvevar, can undergo great fatigue. In the north their stature approaches that which is most common in the middle and south of Europe. In the south of Ilindostan it diminishes sensibly, and in sonic parts it is very low. The Banians of Guzerat are reckoned the handsomest people in Hindostan ; and some of the lowest castes, especially those whose business it is to remove all kinds of filth, and to bury and burn the dead, arc deemed the most ugly. The female Hindoos of the higher castes are distinguished by the polish and softness of their skins, and by their fine long hair, black eyes, ex tended ears, and straight delicate persons. Those of the inferior castes, however, are generally of small stature, and by no means handsome The most singular and striking feature in the character of the Ihndoos is the permanency of their religion and cus toms. In almost every respect, these are the same now as
they were in the most ancient periods of the history of India, ohs hick we possess the mostfaint knowledge. It is supposed, how eve r. by many authors, that the religion of Boodha, which still prevails in the Birman empire, Ceylon, &c. was in very remote times the prevalent religion of Hindostan At present it is the Brahminical. Brahma, the creating pow er ; Vishnu, the preserver ; and Siva, the destroyer; are their three greatest deities. Since the creation of the world, however, Brahma interests himself little with mundane affairs. Ile is regarded as the father of legislators; since from his ten sons all science and laws proceeded, while he himself was the author of the vedas- Of his sons, Menou is the most celebrated. From hint the I lindoos derive the institutes which bear his name. Brahma is represented with four hands, and with a crown on his head. The image of the flamingo, on the wings of which he is supposed to fly, is constantly placed near the statue in the temple. His wife, whose name is Seraswatee, is regarded as the patroness of kat ning. Vishnu, whose province it is to preserve and protect mankind, is represented as constantly attended by an eagle, or large brown kite, and as having four hands and a number of heads, emblematical of his omniscience and omnipotence. Ile is said to have passed through ten different incarnations, in all of which he destroyed the ene mies of the human race. Ills wife, or female favourite, is Srce, the goddess of fortune and plenty. Siva is worship ped, not only as a destroyer, but also as a reproducer. His principal characters are Budra, Iswara, and Mahadeo. As the first. he is cruel ; as the second, he is worshipped as the lord of all ; and under the third name, he is known in the mountainous parts of India. He is a great favourite with the common people. lie is generally represented with only one head ; the number of his hands varies loam fiair to thirty- ot o. Hound his neck there arc strung a number of human skulls. Ills hat is the skin of the tyger or elephant. I Its wife, Parvaty, is the goddess of time, and the punisher of evil doers. Besides these great deities, there is a number of inferior ones, the principal of whom are those who preside over death and hell. The gods of fire, of medicine, of the wind, and of the atmosphere. Ganesa, whom Sir William Jones justly compares to Janus, is invoked the first, by the Brahmins, in all sacrifices. His name, and that of Seraswatee, appear at the beginning of all writings ; and his statue is placed on roads, and at the boundaries of villages, &c. There are two great sects among the Hindoos; the worshippers of Vishnu, and those of Siva Formerly the worship of the former appears to have predominated .on the Coromandel coast, while, on the opposite coast, especially in the neighbourhood of Bombay, that of Siva prevailed. The followers of Vishnu distin guished themselves by painting their faces with it horizon tal line ; the followers of Siva draw a pet pendicular line. The gopee chundon, a white clay, taken from a holy tank near Positra in Guzerat, and chalk from the vicinity of the celebrated temple of Uwaraca in the same province, are used for this purpose, as well as distinguishing the different castes. There is, however very little differ ence iu point of religion between these or any other Hin doo sects.