[Footnote 1: Head of a religious community.]
[Footnote 2: Name of Vishnu.]
[Footnote 3: Runjeet Singh never enlisted a man who, in counting up to
thirty, said _puch-is_ for five and twenty, but those who said
_punj-is_ were passed. In other words, the _patois_ was made a test of
whether the recruit belonged to the Trans-Sutlej tribes or the
Cis-Sutlej.]
[Footnote 4: _Bunniah_, a merchant. _Bunniah-ji_ signifies, as
Shakespeare would have said, Sir Merchant.]
[Footnote 5: _Zemindar-ji_, Sir Squire.]
[Footnote 6: _Baba_, as a term of familiarity, is applied indifferently
to young and old.]
[Footnote 7: _Purohit_, a spiritual teacher, a sage, answering in some
respects to the Red Indian's medicine-man.]
[Footnote 8: Snakes are said to be attracted by the scent of blood, as
they are undoubtedly by that of milk.]
[Footnote 9: With faith.]
[Footnote 10: Priest.]
[Footnote 11: Lit. Father. Baba is constantly used to a religious
teacher.]
[Footnote 12: Lit. _rice and lentil_. A catchword for native food.]
[Footnote 13: A fact.]
[Footnote 14: The Sikh bible.]
[Footnote 15: Lit. stick-bearer, but applied always to wandering
devotees who tramp the country living on alms.]
[Footnote 16: Roast chicken.]
[Footnote 17: The Sikh Commonwealth.]
[Footnote 18: A Mohammedan preacher.]
[Footnote 19: "God Almighty and his prophet Mohammed;" a brief
confession of faith.]
[Footnote 20: The veil worn by secluded women.]
[Footnote 21: Unleavened cakes and mince-meat balls.]
[Footnote 22: The Creed.]
[Footnote 23: The Hindu Venus; Durga in another form.]
[Footnote 24: In India the cow will not give milk if separated from her
calf.]
[Footnote 25: Stuffed.]
[Footnote 26: Literally _bakee_, or extra; but _Barker sahib_ is a
perennial jest with both master and man, answering to the English Mr.
Manners.]
[Footnote 27: Title of honour equivalent to our "mistress."]
[Footnote 28: Rose.]
[Footnote 29: The usual pilgrim's cry.]
[Footnote 30: A title of courtesy equivalent to our mistress.]