Chapter I

India in the beginning of the eighteenth century--General _volte_
_face_--Review of the Indian Peninsula--Temptation of Tom
Tiddler's ground--Gold but no riches--Bernier's horror at
commercial status of India--Surprise at high state of
intellectual civilisation--Curious contrasts--Western methods--
Salaries of officers--Story of the king of Guzerât--Gabriel
Boughton--William Hamilton.