FOOTNOTES

[ 1]: Head of a religious community.

[Footnote 3]: Runjeet Singh never enlisted a man who, in counting up to thirty, said puch-is for five and twenty, but those who said punj-is were passed. In other words, the patois was made a test of whether the recruit belonged to the Trans-Sutlej tribes or the Cis-Sutlej.

[Footnote 4]: Bunniah, a merchant. Bunniah-ji signifies, as Shakespeare would have said, Sir Merchant.

[Footnote 5]: Zemindar-ji, Sir Squire.

[Footnote 6]: Baba, as a term of familiarity, is applied indifferently to young and old.

[Footnote 7]: Purohit, a spiritual teacher, a sage, answering in some respects to the Red Indian's medicine-man.

[Footnote 8]: Snakes are said to be attracted by the scent of blood, as they are undoubtedly by that of milk.

[Footnote 9]: With faith.

[Footnote 10]: Priest.

[Footnote 11]: Lit. Father. Baba is constantly used to a religious teacher.

[Footnote 12]: Lit. rice and lentil. A catchword for native food.

[Footnote 13]: A fact.

[Footnote 14]: The Sikh bible.

[Footnote 15]: Lit. stick-bearer, but applied always to wandering devotees who tramp the country living on alms.

[Footnote 16]: Roast chicken.

[Footnote 17]: The Sikh Commonwealth.

[Footnote 18]: A Mohammedan preacher.

[Footnote 19]: "God Almighty and his prophet Mohammed;" a brief confession of faith.

[Footnote 20]: The veil worn by secluded women.

[Footnote 21]: Unleavened cakes and mince-meat balls.

[Footnote 22]: The Creed.

[Footnote 23]: The Hindu Venus; Durga in another form.

[Footnote 24]: In India the cow will not give milk if separated from her calf.

[Footnote 25]: Stuffed.

[Footnote 26]: Literally bâkee, or extra; but Barker sahib is a perennial jest with both master and man, answering to the English Mr. Manners.

[Footnote 27]: Title of honour equivalent to our "mistress."

[Footnote 28]: Rose.

[Footnote 29]: The usual pilgrim's cry.

[Footnote 30]: A title of courtesy equivalent to our mistress.