22.  This incident happened in 1788. (See N.W.P.  Gazetteer, vol. ii, p. 99; I.G., 1908, vol. xii, p. 106.)

23.  ’A more competent estimate may perhaps be formed of his abilities if we reflect on the nature and extent of one of his plans, which he detailed to the compiler of these memoirs during his residence at Benares.  When fixed in his residence at Hansi, he first conceived, and would, if unforeseen and untoward circumstances had not occurred, have executed the bold design of extending his conquests to the mouths of the Indus.  This was to have been effected by a fleet of boats, constructed from timber procured in the forests near the city of Firozpur, on the banks of the Satlaj river, proceeding down that river with his army, and settling the countries he might subdue on his route; a daring enterprise, and conceived in the true spirit of an ancient Roman.  On the conclusion of this design it was his intention to turn his arms against the Panjab, which he expected to reduce in a couple of years; and which, considering the wealth he would then have acquired, and the amazing resources he would have possessed, these successes combined would doubtless have contributed to establish his authority on a firm and solid basis.’  He offered to conquer the Panjab on behalf of the Government of India, for the welfare of his king and country. (Francklin, pp. 334-6.)

24.  A small town in the Bulandshahr district of the North-Western Provinces, seventy-three miles south-east of Delhi.  Its fort used to be considered strong and of strategical importance.

25.  Afterwards Lord Teignmouth.

26.  Major Bernier was killed at the storm of Hansi in 1801.  His tombstone at Barsi village was found ninety years later (Pioneer, Dec. 14, 1894).  For epitaph of Joseph Even Bahadur see N.I.N. & Qu., vol. i, note 265.

27.  Francklin says that the troops overtook the fugitives ’at the village of Kerwah, in the begum’s jaghire, four miles distant from her capital’, (p. 58.)

28.  ’For three days it lay exposed to the insults of the rabble, and was at length thrown into a ditch.’ (Francklin, p. 60.)

29.  According to George Thomas (whose version of the story is given by his biographer), the Begam, when the mutiny broke out, was actually preparing to attack Thomas.  A German officer, known only as the Liegeois, strenuously dissuaded the Begam from the proposed hostilities, and was, in consequence, degraded by Le Vaisseau.  The troop then mutinied, and swore allegiance to Zafar Yab Khan.  (Francklin, p. 37.)