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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Store-room.

[2] Footman and male “housemaid”.

[3] Gardener.

[4] Groom.

[5] Real, solid, permanent, proper, ripe, genuine.

[6] Anna = a penny.

[7] Strong, powerful chief.

[8] Grass-man.

[9] Carriage.

[10] Bullock-carts.

[11] A kind of starling.

[12] Water-carriers.

[13] Servant.

[14] Camel-man.

[15] Confined to barracks.

[16] A famous Hussar regiment.

[17] Teetotal.

[18] Cigarettes.

[19] When a non-commissioned officer does anything to risk losing his stripes he says he “chances his arm”.

[20] Permanent Military Police.

[21] Summons before the Commanding Officer in Orderly Room.

[22] Guard-room.

[23] Infantry Regiments.

[24] Cavalry Regiment.

[25] Silent.

[26] This actually happened some years ago at Bangalore.—AUTHOR.

[27] News, information.

[28] Camel.

[29] By means of its “Decies Horizontal Screw Stabilizer,” which enabled it to “hover” with only a very slight rise and fall.

[30] Native bed-frame.

[31] Baggage-camel.

[32] Hindustani—enough, finished, complete.

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