[Footnote 135: Sinfray, Secretary to the Council at Chandernagore, was one of the fugitives who, as mentioned above, joined Law at Cossimbazar.] [Footnote 136: Assaduzama Muhammad was nephew to Kamgar Khan, the general of Shah Alam. _Holwell. Memorial to the Select Committee_, 1760.] [Footnote 137: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2859, No. 246.] [Footnote 138: Orme says the Fort was on the River Teesta, but Rennell marks it more correctly a little away from the river and about fifteen miles south of Jalpaiguri.] [Footnote 139: These guns Courtin calls "pièces à la minute." The proper name should be "canon à la suédoise" or "canon à la minute." They were invented by the Swedes, who used 3-pounders with improved methods for loading and firing, so as to be able to fire as many as ten shots in a minute. The French adopted a 4-pounder gun of this kind in 1743. The above information was given me by Lieut.-Colonel Ottley Perry, on the authority of Colonel Colin, an artillery officer on the French Headquarters Staff.] [Footnote 140: This squadron, under the command of Mons. Bouvet, actually did arrive.] [Footnote 141: This rebellion was really conducted by Ukil Singh, the Hindoo _Diwan_ of Hazir Ali.] [Footnote 142: Mir Jafar, Jafar Ali, Mir Jafar Ali Khan, are all variations of the name of the Nawab whom the English placed on the throne after the death of Siraj-ud-daula.] [Footnote 143: Law says that the French soldiers who wandered the country in this way were accustomed to disguise themselves as natives and even as Brahmins, when they wished to avoid notice.] [Footnote 144: A kind of native house-boat.] [Footnote 145: A heavy gun fired from a rest or stand.] [Footnote 146: A ditch or ravine.] [Footnote 147: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2901, No. 374.] [Footnote 148: A thick quilt used as a covering when in bed, or sometimes like a blanket to wrap oneself in.] [Footnote 149: Orme MSS. India XL, p. 2915, No. 417.] [Footnote 150: Bengal Select Com. Consultations, 22nd February, 1758.] [Footnote 151: I have not been able to identify this place.] [Footnote 152: A boatman.] [Footnote 153: See note, p. 88.] [Footnote 154: Orme MSS. India XI., p. 2923, No. 432.] [Footnote 155: Orme MSS. India XL, p. 2926, No. 438.] [Footnote 156: This expression is characteristically Indian, and is used when any one, finding himself oppressed, appeals to some great personage for protection.] [Footnote 157: The Nawab's flag was the usual Turkish crescent.] [Footnote 158: Another Indian expression. The last resource against oppression or injustice in India is to commit suicide by starvation or some violent means, and to lay the blame on the oppressor. This is supposed to bring the curse of murder upon him.] [Footnote 159: This means simply that the Raja was not an independent ruler. The sovereign owning all land, _land revenue_ and _rent_ meant the same thing.]