FOOTNOTES:
[3] A long, round, narrow bolster, stuffed with very light materials
(often with paper), and not for the head, but embraced in the arms, so
as to help the sleeper to a cool and comfortable posture.
[4] Body-servants.
[5] A salutation of particular respect and well-wishing.
[6] Waistband.
[7] Destiny, fortune.
[8] A table-servant.
[9] A spiritual teacher.
[10] Writer, clerk.
[11] Banker, merchant in foreign trade.
[12] The fourth caste--originally laborers.
[13] A native gentleman, of wealth, education, and influence.
[14] Hostler and footman.
[15] Washerman.
[16] Sweeper.
[17] _Lit._ Fan-fellow.
[18] "Good! Bring the Europe-water,"--Bengali for soda-water.
[19] Showmen and puppet-dancers.
[20] Little shells, used as coins by the poorest people to make the
smallest change.
[21] Text.
[22] Dined.
[23] Pig, sot, and jungle-animal.
[24] "God grant the lady a substantial liver!"--"the happiness and
honors which should follow upon the birth of a male child being
figuratively comprehended in that liberality of the liver whence comes
the good digestion for which alone life is worth the
living."--_Child-Life by the Ganges_.
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