9. The bow and quiver are now rarely seen, except, possibly, in remote parts of Râjputâna. A body of archers helped to hold the Shâh Najaf building at Lucknow against Sir Colin Campbell in 1858. Even in 1903-4 some of the Tibetans who resisted the British advance were armed with bows and arrows. 10. An inn of the Oriental pattern, often called caravanserai in books of travel. 11. Then the capital of Ranjit Singh, the great Sikh chief. 12. 'This is commonly given either by the leader of the gang or the _belhâ_, who has chosen the place for the murder.' It was usually some commonplace order, such as 'Bring the tobacco' (_Ramaseeana_, p.99, &c.). See also Meadows Taylor, _Confessions of a Thug_. 13. The Jamâldehî Thugs resided 'in Oude and some other parts east of the Ganges. They are considered very clever and expert, and more stanch to their oath of secrecy than most other classes' (ibid. p. 97). At the time referred to Oudh was a separate kingdom, which lasted as such until 1856. A map included in the printed Thuggee papers reveals the appalling fact that the Thugs had 274 fixed burying-places for their victims in the area of the small kingdom, about half the size of Ireland. 14. Fakîr (fakeer), a religious mendicant. The word properly applies to Muhammadans only, but is often laxly used to include Hindoo ascetics. 15. So called because the poison they use is made of the seeds of the 'datura' plant (_Datura alba_), and other species of the same genus. It is a powerful narcotic. 16. The crime of poisoning travellers is still prevalent, and its detection is still attended by the difficulties described in the text. In some cases the criminals have been proved to belong to families of Thug stranglers. The poisoning of cattle by arsenic, for the sake of their hides, was very prevalent forty years ago, especially in the districts near Benares, but is now believed to be less practised. It was checked under the ordinary law by numerous convictions and severe sentences. 17. In the Sahâranpur district, where the Ganges issues from the hills. 18. A small principality in Rohilkhand, between Murâdâbâd and Bareilly (Barêlî). 19. The special laws on the subject, namely: Acts xxx of 1836, xviii of 1837, xix of 1837, xviii of 1839, xviii of 1843, xxiv of 1843, xiv of 1844, v of 1847, x of 1847, iii of 1848, and xi of 1848, are printed in pp. 353-7 of the author's _Report on Budhuk alias Bagree Decoits, &c._ (1849). See Bibliography, _ante._ No. 12.