[10]. A “made-up” terrier.
[11]. Liverpool, long considered a distinct empire from Great Britain by the natives, and as forming no part of Europe.
[12]. Sick maun, or sick man, one of the few phrases borrowed from the English, and applied to brutes, furniture, or anything damaged or out of order.
[13]. In this country of high-pressure morality, it may be right to explain that the same reluctance to mingle under one roof the children legitimè procreati with those less legally begotten does not exist in India, where unhappily, humanity and laxity flourish together, the reverse of what it should be, of course.
[14]. Broad-brimmed hat of pith or solah.
[15]. Boosa, chopped straw.
[16]. Hilsa, a fish slightly resembling the salmon.
[17]. Soondur Bun: i.e. the beautiful wood.
[18]. Jhoul, housings; howdah, seat.
[19]. The attack on the factory is an actual occurrence, and took place as described in all the essential particulars. The relator has been on the spot, and had the details from the principal actor in the scene.