FOOTNOTES:
[37] Orme vol. i. p. 171.
[38] Biog. Brit. art. Clive, p. 649.
[39] Orme, vol. i. p. 173.
[40] Captain Gingen had on this occasion recourse to a council of war, whose hesitation spread alarm among the troops. Orme, vol. i. p. 180.
[41] The island of Seringham lies between the Coleroon and Caveri. It is famous for the pagoda from which it derives its name.
[42] Orme.
[43] Orme, vol. i. p. 183-196.
[44] This water is called Canjee, and contains a sufficient infusion of the grain to be nutritive, resembling thin gruel.
[45] Orme, vol. i. p. 196.