p. 3.—_Keder Khan._—“Khedar Khan, the Khakan, or King of Turquestan beyond the Gihon (at the end of the eleventh century), whenever he appeared abroad, was preceded by seven hundred horsemen with silver battle-axes, and was followed by an equal number bearing maces of gold. He was a great patron of poetry, and it was he who used to preside at public exercises of genius, with four basins of gold and silver by him to distribute among the poets who excelled.”—_Richardson_’s Dissertation prefixed to his Dictionary. Footnote 9: p. 3.—_Gilt pine-apples._—“The kubdeh, a large golden knob, generally in the shape of a pine-apple, on the top of the canopy over the litter or palanquin.”—_Scott_’s Notes on the Bahardanush. Footnote 10: p. 4.—_Sumptuous litter._—In the Poem of Zohair, in the Moallakat, there is the following lively description of “a company of maidens seated on camels.” “They are mounted in carriages covered with costly awnings, and with rose-coloured veils, the linings of which have the hue of crimson Andem-wood. “When they ascend from the bosom of the vale, they sit forward on the saddle-cloth, with every mark of a voluptuous gaiety. “Now, when they have reached the brink of yon blue-gushing rivulet, they fix the poles of their tents like the Arab with a settled mansion.” Footnote 11: p. 4.—_Argus pheasant’s wing._—See _Bernier_’s description of the attendants on Raucha-nara-Begum, in her progress to Cashmere. Footnote 12: p. 4.—_Munificent protector._—This hypocritical Emperor would have made a worthy associate of certain Holy Leagues.—“He held the cloak of religion (says Dow) between his actions and the vulgar; and impiously thanked the Divinity for a success which he owed to his own wickedness. When he was murdering and persecuting his brothers and their families, he was building a magnificent mosque at Delhi, as an offering to God for his assistance to him in the civil wars. He acted as high priest at the consecration of this temple; and made a practice of attending divine service there, in the humble dress of a Fakeer. But when he lifted one hand to the Divinity, he, with the other, signed warrants for the assassination of his relations.”—_History of Hindostan_, vol. iii. p. 335. See also the curious letter of Aurungzebe, given in the _Oriental Collections_, vol. i. p. 320. Footnote 13: p. 4.—_The idol of Jaghernaut._—“The idol at Jaghernat has two fine diamonds for eyes. No goldsmith is suffered to enter the Pagoda, one having stole one of these eyes, being locked up all night with the Idol.”—_Tavernier._ Footnote 14: p. 5.—_Royal Gardens of Delhi._—See a description of these Royal Gardens in “An Account of the present State of Delhi, by Lieut. W. Franklin.”—_Asiat. Research._ vol. iv. p. 417. Footnote 15: