[[151]: I have not been able to identify this place.]
[[152]: A boatman.]
[[154]: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2923, No. 432.]
[[155]: Orme MSS. India XL, p. 2926, No. 438.]
[[156]: This expression is characteristically Indian, and is used when any one, finding himself oppressed, appeals to some great personage for protection.]
[[157]: The Nawab's flag was the usual Turkish crescent.]
[[158]: Another Indian expression. The last resource against oppression or injustice in India is to commit suicide by starvation or some violent means, and to lay the blame on the oppressor. This is supposed to bring the curse of murder upon him.]
[[159]: This means simply that the Raja was not an independent ruler. The sovereign owning all land, land revenue and rent meant the same thing.]
[[160]: This seems to want explanation. Probably Courtin had got into some sort of house used for religious ceremonies, such as are often found in or close to the market-places of great landowners.]