[11] This animal proved to be Cheettoo’s death. His hoofs were so extraordinarily large that his tracks were always recognisable, and hence exposed his rider to the certainty of continued pursuit. Cheettoo having been driven thus into the jungle was finally killed by a tiger. [12] It is perhaps worth noting that the poleaxe was a favourite weapon with Royalist cavalry officers in the civil war. [13] Now A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay. [14] The first hint of a short service system was given by a Frenchman, and presented, by translation, to England in 1590. [15] Besides a halfpenny per day per horse of his troop. [16] Articles marked [16] were found at the Dragoon’s expense out of his arrears and grass money. Also the following articles (besides the clothing specified in Appendix E): Goatskin holster top at 1s. 6d.; Horse picker and turnscrew, 2d.; Pair of saddle bags. [17] All articles marked [17] supplied, according to King’s regulation and custom, out of the Light Dragoon’s arrears and grass money. [18] White Jacket added to the kit by the special request of the men themselves at the close of the Seven Years’ War. Transcriber’s Notes: 1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently. 2. Where appropriate, the original spelling has been retained. 3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original. 4. Italics are shown as _xxx_. 5. Superscripts are represented using the caret character, e.g. D^r. or X^{xx}.