FOOTNOTES:
[55] Bhor, a Mahratta word for the jujube tree, Zizyphus jujuba, which is found among these mountains. The Ghauts, or "Landing-Stairs," are the two ranges of mountains extending along the eastern and western shores of the peninsula of Hindostan. The highest peaks in the north-western part are found in the Mahablashwar Mountains, the summer retreat of the Europeans of Bombay.
[56] From Dakshina (Sanskrit), "South Country."
[57] This chain is now bridged over by a viaduct which once crumbled down and disappeared into the depths below in the presence of a brave English engine-driver, who had the good fortune to arrest the train, that was speeding on its way toward it, just in time to save many valuable lives.
[58] A small village on the Khandala Hills.
[59] An immense hemispherical altar of stone with a kind of wooden umbrella spreading above, beneath which lies interred some relic of the god to whom the temple is dedicated.
[60] See Fergusson's Rock-cut Temples of India, p. 27.
[61] Followers of the god Siva or Shiva.
[62] The Mahratta horses.
[63] Founder of the Mahratta empire, born at Junir, about fifty miles from Poonah, in the year 1627.
[64] This fort is reputed to be of great antiquity, and was constructed by Palighar, but as to who he was, or how he got there, they do not pretend to know.
[65] The city of Poonah is divided into seven quarters, corresponding to the days of the week. Budhwar, therefore, is the Wednesday quarter of the city.
[66] A lak is one hundred thousand rupees.