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[658] Temple and Fallon's _Hindustani Proverbs._
[659] _Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat,_ pp. 199, 200.
[660] Pandian's _Indian Village Folk_, p. 41.
[661] This article is compiled from a paper by Mr. D. Mitra, pleader, Sambalpur.
[662] _Madras Census Report_, 1891, p. 301.
[663] This article is based on information: contributed by Nand Kish.o.r.e, n.a.z.ir of the Deputy Commissioner's Office, Damoh; Mr. Tarachand Dube, Munic.i.p.al Member, Bilaspur; and Mr. Aduram Chaudhri of the Gazetteer Office.
[664] This article is based on papers by Mr. Prem Narayan, Extra a.s.sistant Commissioner, Chanda; Mr. Mir Pacha, Tahsildar, Seoni; Mr. Chintaman Rao, Tahsildar, Chanda; and Mr. K.G. Vaidya, Chanda.
[665] _C.P. Census Report_ (1911), p. 147, referring to Professor Karl Pearson's _Chances of Death_.
[666] _Tribes and Castes_, art. Teli.
[667] _Ba.s.sia latifolia._
[668] _Hindus of Gujarat_, p. 72.
[669] Weighing. 2 oz. each.
[670] _Phaseolus radiatas._
[671] Mr. Crooke's _Tribes and Castes_, art. Teli.
[672] _Acacia arabica_.
[673] _Melia indica_.
[674] _Indian Folk Tales_, p. 10.
[675] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Teli.
[676] _Rajasthan_, vol. ii. pp. 678, 679.
[677] Thevenot's _Travels_, Part III. p. 41, quoted in Dr. Sherwood's account, _Ramaseeana_, p. 359.
[678] Sleeman, p. 11.
[679] P. 144.
[680] P. 162.
[681] P. 147.
[682] P. 205.
[683] Hutton's _Thugs and Dacoits_.
[684] Sleeman, p. 170.
[685] Sleeman, p. 168.
[686] He was called Feringia because he was born while his mother was fleeing from an attack on her village by troops under European officers (Feringis).
[687] Sleeman, p. 205.
[688] Hutton, p. 70.
[689] _Ibidem_, p. 71.
[690] Pp. 34, 35.
[691] See _Cults, Customs and Superst.i.tions of India_, p. 249.
[692] Pp. 32, 33.
[693] Kandeli adjoins the headquarters station of Narsinghpur, the two towns being divided only by a stream.
[694] P. 23.
[695] Near Bilehri in Jubbulpore.
[696] Captain Lowis in Sleeman's _Report on the Thug Gangs_ (1840).
[697] Pp. 15, 16.
[698] P. 7.
[699] P. 150.
[700] Sleeman's _Report on the Thug Gangs_, Introduction, p. vi.
[701] P. 142.
[702] P. 216.
[703] 'Oh Kali, Eater of Men, Oh great Kali of Calcutta.' The name Calcutta signifies Kali-ghat or Kali-kota, that is Kali's ferry or house. The story is that Job Charnock was exploring on the banks of the Hoogly, when he found a widow about to be burnt as a sacrifice to Kali. He rescued her, married her, and founded a settlement on the site, which grew into the town of Calcutta.
[704] P. 133.
[705] P. 173.
[706] _Orpheus_, p. 170.
[707] Dhamoni is an old ruined fort and town in the north of Saugor District, still a favourite haunt of tigers; and the Thugs may often have lain there in concealment and heard the tigers quarrelling in the jungle.
