[Footnote 134: Courtin means the lower ranges of the Himalayas,
inhabited by the Nepaulese, Bhutiyas, etc. His wanderings therefore
were in the districts of Rungpore and Dinajpur.]

[Footnote 135: Sinfray, Secretary to the Council at Chandernagore,
was one of the fugitives who, as mentioned above, joined Law at
Cossimbazar.]

[Footnote 136: Assaduzama Muhammad was nephew to Kamgar Khan, the
general of Shah Alam. _Holwell. Memorial to the Select Committee_,
1760.]

[Footnote 137: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2859, No. 246.]

[Footnote 138: Orme says the Fort was on the River Teesta, but
Rennell marks it more correctly a little away from the river and
about fifteen miles south of Jalpaiguri.]

[Footnote 139: These guns Courtin calls "pieces a la minute." The
proper name should be "canon a la suedoise" or "canon a la minute."
They were invented by the Swedes, who used 3-pounders with improved
methods for loading and firing, so as to be able to fire as many as
ten shots in a minute. The French adopted a 4-pounder gun of this
kind in 1743. The above information was given me by Lieut.-Colonel
Ottley Perry, on the authority of Colonel Colin, an artillery
officer on the French Headquarters Staff.]

[Footnote 140: This squadron, under the command of Mons. Bouvet,
actually did arrive.]

[Footnote 141: This rebellion was really conducted by Ukil Singh,
the Hindoo _Diwan_ of Hazir Ali.]

[Footnote 142: Mir Jafar, Jafar Ali, Mir Jafar Ali Khan, are all
variations of the name of the Nawab whom the English placed on the
throne after the death of Siraj-ud-daula.]

[Footnote 143: Law says that the French soldiers who wandered the
country in this way were accustomed to disguise themselves as
natives and even as Brahmins, when they wished to avoid notice.]

[Footnote 144: A kind of native house-boat.]

[Footnote 145: A heavy gun fired from a rest or stand.]

[Footnote 146: A ditch or ravine.]

[Footnote 147: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2901, No. 374.]

[Footnote 148: A thick quilt used as a covering when in bed, or
sometimes like a blanket to wrap oneself in.]

[Footnote 149: Orme MSS. India XL, p. 2915, No. 417.]

[Footnote 150: Bengal Select Com. Consultations, 22nd February,
1758.]

[Footnote 151: I have not been able to identify this place.]

[Footnote 152: A boatman.]

[Footnote 153: See note, p. 88.]

[Footnote 154: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2923, No. 432.]

[Footnote 155: Orme MSS. India XL, p. 2926, No. 438.]