"Do not the Hindus all over the country worship the tree? Tulasi, bilva, ashwattha are all sacred to the Hindu."

"The king... breaks the temples and uproots tulsi plants… The bathing in Ganga is prohibited and hundreds of sacred as…"

"They pursued the enemy to the gates and set everything on fire. They burnt down all those gardens and groves. That pa…"

"I very much lament for what has happened to the groves in Madhura. The coconut trees have all been cut and in their p…"

"You would, my Arabella, be enraptured at the extreme neatness of even the meanest attendant; but besides the beauty a…"

"Cleanliness was literally next to godliness in India; hygiene was not, as Anatole France thought it, la seule morale,…"

"A surprising spirit of cleanliness is to be observed among the Hindoos: the streets of their villages are commonly sw…"

"The Brahman usually washed his hands, feet and teeth before and after each meal; he ate with his fingers from food on…"

"Purity means cleanliness of mind and body; the latter is effected by the use of water etc. No nation in the world is …"

"For their part, Indians and Asians considered Westerners puzzlingly dirty. To some extent, it was a matter of merocri…"