5. The name panther is usually applied only to the large, fulvous variety of _Felis pardus (Linn.) (F. leopardus, Leopardus varius)_. The animal described in the text evidently was a specimen of the hunting leopard, _Felis jubata (F. guttata, F. venatica)_. 6. This officer was one of the many '_condottieri_' of various nationality who served the native powers during the eighteenth century, and the early years of the nineteenth. He commanded five infantry regiments at Gwâlior. His 'kingdom-taking' raid in 1815 or 1816 is described _post_ in Chapter 49. The history of the family is given by Compton in _European Military Adventures of Hindustan from 1784 to 1803_ (Unwin, 1892), App. pp, 352-6. In 1911 Michael Filose of Gwâlior was appointed K.C.I.E. 7.'G------' appears to have been Robert Gregory C.B. 8. The fiercely contested battle of Laswâri was fought on November 1, 1803, between the British force under Lord Lake and the flower of Sindhia's army, known as the 'Deccan Invincibles'. Sindhia's troops lost about seven thousand killed and two thousand prisoners. The British loss in killed and wounded amounted to more than eight hundred. A medal to commemorate the victory was struck in London in 1851, and presented to the survivors. Laswâri is a village in the Alwar State, 128 miles south of Delhi. 9. Bharatpur (Bhurtpore), in the Jât State of the same name, is thirty-four miles west of Agra. In January and February, 1805, Lord Lake four times attempted to take it by assault, and each time was repulsed with heavy loss. On January 18, 1826, Lord Combermere stormed the fortress. The fortifications were then dismantled. A large portion of the walls is now standing, and presents an imposing appearance. They seem to have been repaired. See _post_, Chapter 62. 10. 'I will answer you by quoting what I have read somewhere or other--in _Dionysius Halicarn_., I think--that history is philosophy teaching by example' (Bolingbroke, _Letters on the Study and Use of History_, Letter II, p. 14 of vol. viii of edition printed by T. Cadell, London, 1770). The Greek words are. . . . . . . . CHAPTER 18 Birds' Nests--Sports of Boyhood.