1. Since the author's time conditions have much changed. Then, and for long afterwards, up to the Mutiny, every village throughout the country was fall of arms, and almost every man was armed. Consequently, in those tracts where the Mutiny of the native army was accompanied by popular insurrection, the flame of rebellion burned fiercely, and was subdued with difficulty. The painful experience of 1857 and 1858 proved the necessity of general disarmament, and nearly the whole of British India has been disarmed under the provisions of a series of Acts. Licences to have and carry ordinary arms and ammunition are granted by the magistrates of districts. Licences to possess artillery are granted only by the Governor-General in Council. The improved organization of the police and of the executive power generally renders possible the strict enforcement of the law. Some arms are concealed, but very few of these are serviceable. With rare exceptions, arms are now carried only for display, and knowledge of the use of weapons has died out in most classes of the population. The village forts have been everywhere dismantled. Robbery by armed gangs still occurs in certain districts (_see ante_, Chapter 23, note 14), but is much less frequent than it used to be in the author's days. 2. Many towns and villages bear the name of Mau (_auglicè_, Mhow), which may be, as Mr. Growse suggests, a form of the Sanskrit _mahi_, 'land' or 'ground'. The town referred to in the text is the principal town of the Jhânsî district, distinguished from its homonyms as Mau- Rânîpur, situated about east-south-east from Jhânsî, at a distance of forty miles from that city. Its special export used to be the 'kharwâ' cloth, dyed with 'ai' (_see ante_., Chapter 31, note 4). 3. This insurrection continued into the year 1833. 'The inhabitants were reduced to the greatest distress, and have, even to the present day, scarcely recovered the losses they then sustained' (_N.W.P. Gazetteer_, vol. i (1870), p. 296). 4. See the author's _Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, passim_. 5. Partâbgarh is now a separate district in the Fyzâbâd Division of Oudh. The chief town, also called Partâbgarh, is thirty-two miles north of Allahabad, and still possesses a Râjâ, who, at present (1914), is a most respectable gentleman, with no thoughts of violence. Further details about the Partâbgarh family are given in the _Journey_, vol. i, p. 231. 6. Transcriber's note:- The author then uses the spelling 'Husain' consistently.