e good hay, and have the common
denomination of 'sahia'. The finest of these grasses are two which
are generally found growing spontaneously together, and are often
cultivated together-'kel' and 'musel'; the third 'parwana'; fourth
'bhawar', or 'guniar'; fifth 'saina'.[16]

Notes:

1. Spelled Siedpore in the author's text.

2. More correctly Brindaban (Vrindavana). The name originally belongs
to one of the most sacred spots in India, situated near Mathura
(Muttra) on the Jumna, and the reputed scene of the dalliance between
Krishna and the milkmaids (Gopis); also associated with the legend
Rama.

3. Twenty-seven miles north-west of Tehri in the Orchha State.

4. The Tulasi plant, or basil, _Ocymum sanctum_, is 'not merely
sacred to Vishnu or to his wife Lakshmi; it is pervaded by the
essence of these deities, and itself worshipped as a deity and prayed
to accordingly. . . . The Tulasi is the object of more adoration than
any other plant at present worshipped in India. . . .It is to be
found in almost every respectable household throughout India. It is a
small shrub, not too big to be cultivated in a good-sized flower-pot,
and often placed in rooms. Generally, however, it is planted in the
courtyard of a well-to-do man's house, with a space round it for
reverential circumambulation. In real fact the Tulasi is _par
excellence_ a domestic divinity, or rather, perhaps, a woman's
divinity' (M. Williams, _Religious Thought and Life in India_, p.
333).

5. The fossil ammonites found in India include at least fifteen
species. They occur between Trichinopoly and Pondicherry as well as
in the Himalayan rocks. They are particularly abundant in the river
Gandak, which rises near Dhaulagiri in Nepal, and falls into the
Ganges near Patna. The upper course of this river is consequently
called Salagrami. Various forms of the fossils are supposed to
represent various _avatars_ of Vishnu (Balfour, _Cyclopaedia_, 3rd
ed., s.v. 'Ammonite', 'Gandak', 'Salagrama'; M. Williams, _Religious
Thought and Life in India_, pp. 69, 349). A good account of the
reverence paid to both _salagrams_ and the _tulasi_ plant will be
found in Dubois, _Hindu Manners_, &c., 3rd ed. (1906), pp. 648-51.

6. The author writes 'Himmalah'. The current spelling Himalaya is
correct, but the word should be pronounced Himalaya. It means 'abode
of snow'.

7. The north-eastern corner of the Punjab, an elevated valley along
the course of the Spiti or the Li ri