I was intimately acquainted with, and much esteemed, many of these Bhumia chiefs—from my friend Paharji (the rock), Ranawat of Amargarh, to the Kumbhawat of Sesoda on the highest point, lord of the pass of the Aravalli; and even the mountain lion, Dungar Singh who bore amongst us, from his old raids, the familiar title of Roderic Dhu. In each situation I have had my tents filled with them; and it was one of the greatest pleasures I ever experienced, after I had taken my leave of them, perhaps for ever, crossed the frontiers of Mewar, and encamped in the dreary pass between it and Marwar, to find that a body of them had been my guards during the night. This is one of the many pleasing recollections of the past. Fortunately for our happiness, the mind admits their preponderance over opposite feelings. I had much to do in aiding the restoration of their past condition; leaving, I believe, as few traces of error in the mode as could be expected, where so many conflicting interests were to be reconciled. Footnote 3.3.39: See Appendix. Footnote 3.3.40: See Appendix, Nos. IV., V., VI. Footnote 3.3.41: Mirror apartments. [To meet the demand for the glass mosaics seen in the palaces of Rājputāna, the Panjab, and Burma, the industry of blowing glass globes, silvered inside, came into existence. The globes are broken into fragments, and set in cement (in Burma in laquer), and used to decorate the walls (Watt, _Comm. Prod._ 563, 717 f.). There is a Shīsh Mahall in the Agra Fort.] Footnote 3.3.42: Gardens on the terrace within the palace. Footnote 3.3.43: Private temple of worship. Footnote 3.3.44: Dholi. Footnote 3.3.45: _An_ is the oath of allegiance. Three things in Mewar are royalties a subject cannot meddle with: 1, _An_, or oath of allegiance; 2, _Dan_, or transit dues on commerce; 3, _Khan_, or mines of the precious metals. Footnote 3.3.46: I rather describe what they were, than what they are. Contentions and poverty have weakened their sympathies and affections; but the mind of philanthropy must hope that they will again become what they have been. Footnote 3.3.47: Millar’s _Historical View of the English Government_, p. 85. [See p. 156 above.] Footnote 3.3.48: Hume, _History of England_, Appendix II. vol. ii. p. 291. Footnote 3.3.49: “1. That no man should be deprived of his fief, whether held of the emperor or mesne lord, but by the laws of the empire and _judgement of his peers_. 2. That from such judgement the vassal might appeal to his sovereign. 3. That fiefs should be inherited by sons and their children, or in their failure by brothers, provided they were _feuda paterna_, such as had descended from the father. 4. That the lord should not alienate the fief of his vassal without his consent.” Footnote 3.3.50: