[1]. The names omitted to prevent any of them falling a sacrifice to the blind fury of their prince. The brave chief of Nimaj has sold his life, but dearly. In vain do we look in the annals of Europe for such devotion and generous despair as marked his end, and that of his brave clan. He was a perfect gentleman in deportment, modest and mild, and head of a powerful clan.
[2]. Fiscal, that is, sequestrated.
[3]. Clerks, and inferior officers of government.
[4]. Alluding to the sovereigns of Delhi. In the magnificent feudal assemblage at this gorgeous court, where seventy-six princes stood in the Divan (Diwan-i-Khass) each by a pillar covered with plates of silver, the Marwar prince had the right hand of all. I have an original letter from the great-grandfather of Raja Man to the Rana, elate with this honour.
[5]. In 1806.
[6]. The historian of the Middle Ages justly remarks, that “the most deadly hatred is that which men, exasperated by proscription and forfeitures, bear their country.”
[7]. Hide or skin, from the vessel used in irrigation being made of leather.
[8]. The vassals, or those holding fiefs (patta) of Deogarh.
[9]. A copper coin, equal to twopence.