FOOTNOTES
[1] [Oriental Proverbs and Sayings, No. 2.]
[4] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 5.]
[7] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 8.]
[8] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 9.]
[9] Drank grog.
[10] A technical term used in the whale fishery.
[11] [Oriental Sayings, No. 10.]
[12] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 11.]
[13] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 12.]
[14] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 13.]
[15] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 14.]
[16] Bilwa, or Bilva, the Cratæva Marmelos of Linnæus.
[17] Moor’s Hindoo Pantheon.
[18] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 15.]
[19] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 16.]
[20] See Sketch, “[The Thug’s Dice],” No. 4.
[21] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 17.]
[22] Alluding to the mutiny at Barrackpore.
[23] The gentleman of the house. The master.
[24] “Cicero, Demosthenes, Judge Blackstone, and myself.” Edward Christian (subaudi Paul), passim.
[26] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 18.]
[27] See the Sketch entitled “.”
[28] Guzrattee Proverb.
[29] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 19.]
[30] [Oriental Sayings, No. 20.]
[31] See the sketch of the [Ice Pits], with this man and his mashk (water-bag).
[32] European gentleman.
[34] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 21.]
[35] The flour or meal of pulse, particularly of chanā (cicer arietinum).
[36] Khīsās.
[37] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 22.]
[38] A Hindoo queen or princess.
[40] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 23.]
[42] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 25.]
[43] Acacia Arabica, or Babool.
[44] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 26.]
[45] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 27.]
[46] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 28.]
[47] Mishcat ul Masabih.
[48] Ward on the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos.
[50] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 29.]
[51] See the plate entitled “[The Thug’s Dice],” in which Fig. 4 represents a small brass lota covered by a sprig of the kala toolsee.
[52] See the plate entitled “[The Thug’s Dice],” in which fig. 2 represents the lāthī.
[53] Alexander the Second, King of Delhi.
[54] In the plate entitled “[Superstitions of the Natives],” No. 6 is a representation of these coins.
[55] Properly Banglā.
[57] [Oriental Proverbs and Sayings, No. 30.]
[59] [Oriental Proverbs and Sayings, No. 31.]
[60] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 32.]
[61] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 33.]
[62] From the Calcutta Literary Gazette, inserted in the Government Gazette, October 7th, 1830.
[64] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 33.]
[66] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 36.]
[67] Most respectful reverence.
[68] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 37.]
[70] A karor is ten millions.
[71] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 39.]
[73] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 41.]
[74] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 42.]
[75] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 43.]
[77] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 44.]
[79] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 46.]
[80] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 47.]
[81] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 48.]
[82] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 49.]
[85] Vide Moor’s Pantheon.
[89] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 52.]
[90] Convolvulus speciosus, (Linn.) Broad-leaved bindweed.
[91] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 53.]
[93] Gram, chanā, cicer arietinum, chick pea, called by mistake chick weed, in [page 101].
[94] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 55.]
[95] The Carob-tree, St. John’s bread, Ceratonia Siliqua.
[96] Pilgrim.
[97] Mishcat ul Masabih.
[98] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 56.]
[99] Braided locks.
[100] Fig. 4, in the plate entitled “[Jugunnathu],” is a sketch of the idol Gopalu.
[101] In the plate entitled “[Jugunnathu],” No. 9 represents this bead.
[103] This was a rude imitation of the real idol, as represented in No. 1 of the plate entitled “[Jugunnathu].”
[104] Jungle grass—sarput or sirki—saccharum procerum.
[106] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 57.]
[108] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 59.]
[109] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 60.]
[110] Mishcat ul Masabih.
[111] Shakespear’s Dict.
[113] Revelation of St. John.
[114] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 61.]
[115] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 62.]
[116] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 63.]
[117] Ipomæa quamoclit.
[118] Asclepias rosea.
[119] Ipomæa speciosa, or convolvolus speciosus; broad-leaved bindweed.
[120] Convolvolus grandiflora.
[121] Water-lily.
[122] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 64.]
[124] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 65.]
[125] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 66.]
[126] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 67.]
[127] Extract from Captain Franklin’s Reign of Shah Aulam.
[128] [Oriental Proverbs and Sayings, No. 68.]
[129] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 69.]
[130] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 70.]
[131] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 71.]
[132] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 72.]
[133] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 73.]
[138] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 78.]
[140] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 80.]
[141] Qanoon-e-Islam.
[142] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 81.]
[143] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 82.]
[144] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 83.]
[146] Qanoon-e-islam.
[147] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 85.]
[148] Qanoon-e-islam.
[149] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 86.]
[150] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 87.]
[153] [Oriental Proverbs, No. 90.]