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  THE

  HINDOOS AS THEY ARE

  A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS

  AND

  INNER LIFE OF HINDOO SOCIETY

  IN BENGAL.

  BY

  SHIB CHUNDER BOSE.

  WITH A PREFATORY NOTE BY

  THE REV. W. HASTIE, B. D.,

  PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INSTITUTION, CALCUTTA.

  London:

  EDWARD STANFORD, 55, CHARING CROSS.

  Calcutta:

  W. NEWMAN & Co., 3, DALHOUSIE SQUARE.

  1881.

  PRINTED BY W. NEWMAN AND CO.,
  AT THE CAXTON PRESS, 1, MISSION ROW, CALCUTTA.

 