[The Author, an enthusiastic political officer, ignores the considerations based on the state of the finances of India and the danger of the political situation in Europe which suggested a cautious policy in India. See J. Mill, _Hist. of British India_, ed. 1817, iii. 702; Seton-Karr, _The Marquess Cornwallis_, 178 ff.; J. W. Kaye, _Life of Lord Metcalfe_, i. 326 ff. On the negotiations with Jaipur see Kaye, _op. cit._ i. 348 ff.] Footnote 9.4.4: [Wazīr Ali, the deposed Nawāb of Oudh, murdered Mr. Cherry, the British Resident at Benares, on January 14, 1799. He took refuge in Jaipur, and the Rāja, having made terms with the British, “treacherously delivered him up.” He was confined in Fort William, Calcutta, where he died in 1817 (J. Mill, _op. cit._ iii. 469 ff).] Footnote 9.4.5: Vol. II. p. 613. Footnote 9.4.6: A better commentary on the opinions held by the natives upon this subject could not be given than the speech of Holkar’s envoy to the agent of the Governor-General of India, then with Lord Lake: “Holcar’s vakeel demanded, with no slight degree of pertinacity, the cession of the Jeipoor and Boondi tributes; and one of them, speaking of the former, stated, that he no doubt would continue to enjoy the friendship of the English, as he had disgraced himself to please that nation, by giving up Vizier Alli (who had sought his protection) to their vengeance. The vakeel was severely rebuked by the agent (Colonel, now Sir John Malcolm) for this insolent reflection on the conduct of an ally of the British Government, who had delivered up a murderer whom it would have been infamy to shelter”; though the author of the _Political History of India_ might have added—but whom it was still greater infamy, according to their code, to surrender. See Malcolm’s _Political History of India_, p. 432. Footnote 9.4.7: See Article 6 of the Treaty, Appendix, No. IV. Footnote 9.4.8: See Article 8 of the Treaty. Footnote 9.4.9: [_Laws_, ix. 105 ff. On the general question see Baden-Powell, _The Indian Village Community_, 305 f.] Footnote 9.4.10: In Mewar, simply Maji; at Jaipur, where they have long used the language and manners of Delhi, they affix the Persian word Sahibah, or ‘lady mother.’ Footnote 9.4.11: [Dagāri or Dugāri, about 20 miles N. of Būndi city, with a picturesque palace (_Rājputāna Gazetteer_, 1879, i. 216.)] Footnote 9.4.12: [A short distance S. of Kotah city.] Footnote 9.4.13: [Mahājan, about 50 miles N.N.W. of Bikaner city.] Footnote 9.4.14: