his chief, who was offended, and conceived a jealousy both of his prince and his servant. The distinction paid to the latter was, he said, subversive of his proper authority, and the vassal incurred by his vanity the loss of estimation where alone it was of value. =Obligations of a Vassal.=—The attempt to define all the obligations of a vassal would be endless: they involve all the duties of kindred in addition to those of obedience. To attend the court of his chief; never to absent himself without leave; to ride with him a-hunting; to attend him at the court of his sovereign or to war, and even give himself as a hostage for his release; these are some of the duties of a vassal. ----- Footnote 3.2.1: Literally ‘terrace,’ or ‘altar.’ Footnote 3.2.2: [Headman and accountant.] Footnote 3.2.3: They were considered a sort of jury, bearing a close analogy to the _judices selecti_, who sat with the praetor in the tribunal of Rome (Hallam). Footnote 3.2.4: See Appendix, No. III. Footnote 3.2.5: Family priest. Footnote 3.2.6: See Appendix, Nos. IV. V. and VI. Footnote 3.2.7: See Appendix, No.XX. art. 6; the treaty between the chiefs and his vassals defining service. Footnote 3.2.8: Appendix, No. XVI. Footnote 3.2.9: Both of which I have witnessed. Footnote 3.2.10: A clan called after Chonda, eldest son of an ancient Rana, who resigned his birthright. Footnote 3.2.11: Sakta was the son of Rana Udai Singh, founder of Udayapura, or Udaipur. The feuds of these two clans, like those of the Armagnacs and Bourguignons, “qui couvrirent la France d’un crêpe sanglant,” have been the destruction of Mewar. It requires but a change of names and places, while reading the one, to understand perfectly the history of the other. Footnote 3.2.12: Harāwal. Footnote 3.2.13: It is now in ruins, but the towers and part of the walls are still standing. Footnote 3.2.14: An anecdote appended by my friend Amra (the bard of the Sangawats, a powerful division of the Chondawats, whose head is Deogarh, often alluded to, and who alone used to lead two thousand vassals into the field) was well attested. Two Mogul chiefs of note were deeply engaged in a game of chess when the tumult was reported to them. Feeling confident of success, they continued their game; nor would they desist till the inner castle of this ‘donjon keep’ was taken, and they were surrounded by the Rajputs, when they coolly begged they might be allowed to terminate their game. This the enemy granted; but the loss of their chiefs had steeled their breasts against mercy, and they were afterwards put to death. [Compare the similar case of Ganga, Rāja of Mysore, who was surprised, by the treachery of his ministers, while occupied in a game of chess (L. Rice, _Mysore Gazetteer_ (1897), 1i. 319.)] Footnote 3.2.15: