[Footnote 156: This expression is characteristically Indian, and is
used when any one, finding himself oppressed, appeals to some great
personage for protection.]

[Footnote 157: The Nawab's flag was the usual Turkish crescent.]

[Footnote 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.]

[Footnote 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.]

[Footnote 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.]

[Footnote 161: He probably refers to Mr. Luke Scrafton.]

[Footnote 162: I.e. from his entrenchments.]

[Footnote 163: "Courtin and his party arrived here the 10th. They
are 6 soldiers, Dutch, German and Swede, such as took service with
the French when our Factory at Dacca fell into the hands of Surajeh
Dowleit, 4 gentlemen, some Chitagon (_sic_) fellows and about 20
peons. Courtin, on his way hither, has, by mischance, received a
ball through his shoulder. They demanded _honneurs de la guerre_,
which Drake has not understood" (_Scrafton to Clive, March_ 12,
1758).]

[Footnote 164: According to Orme, Courtin's force was reduct from 30
to 11 Europeans, and from 100 to 30 sepoys.]

[Footnote 165: The manuscript I translate from contains only the
postscript of the 10th of August.]

[Footnote 166: A translation. Clive generally wrote to French
officers in their own language.]

[Footnote 167: Such honours were not uncommonly granted. Law was
made a Colonel, so was another French partisan named Madec. On the
other hand, when a French gentleman had the choice, he often put his
elder son in the Company's service and the younger in the army.
Law's younger brother was in the army. Renault's elder son was in
the Company and the younger in the army.]

[Footnote 168: Appended to "Bengal Public Proceedings," May 31,
1759.]

[Footnote 169: I do not know whether this "Memorial" still exists,
but see "Memoirs of Count Lally," p. 53.]

[Footnote 170: "Memoirs of Count Lally," p. 367.]

INDEX

Abdulla Khan
Admiralty, the English
Aeneas
Afghan General, the
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