GLOSSARY. 



For the use of readers unacquainted with Indian words, tee annex an explanation of a few 

 vernacular terms, which occur in the following pages .-— P. indicates Persian ; H. Hindu- 

 stani; A. Arabic; T. Tamil; B. Burmese; and S. Sanscrit. 



Amani, h., literally in hand. 



Bag, p. (prop, bagh), a garden. 



Bala-gkat. Above ghat. 



Bazar, an exchange or market-place. 



Bund, p (band), a dam or dyke. 



Bungalow, h. (prop, bangld), a thatched 

 house ; any house. 



Butcha, p. (bachchah), the young of any 

 animal ; a child. 



CJiena. A term used in Ceylon for the rude 

 system of culture called Kumart, and 

 Tungya in Pegu. 



Cherry, t. (prop, chert), a termination mean- 

 ing village, hut often applied to towns, as 

 Pondicherry. 



Choultry, t. (chawadi), a post-house, restlng- 

 hall for travellers. Used only in the 

 Madras Presidency. 



Coolie, t. (prop, kuli), a porter, carrier, or 

 labourer. 



Cote, h. (kota), a fort or castle. 



Cutcherry, H. (prop. Kachari), a court of 

 justice ; a civilian's office. 



Dak or dauk, h. (prop, ddk), a post or post- 

 office ; also a relay of horses or hearers. 



Darkliast, h., an application for so many trees 

 at a fixed rate. 



Darogah, p. (daroghah), a superintendent, 

 chiefly applied to the head native officer 

 of a police station or custom-house. 



Devasthanam, h., a temple. 



Dhobee, h. (dhobi), a washerman. 



Droog, a. (durga), a hill fort, as Chittle- 

 droog. 



Enam, a. (prop, in'am), a gift; land granted 

 in free tenure. The holder is inamdar. 



Fasli, h., a year ; a term used in the Re- 

 venue Department. 



Ghaut, h. (ghat), a pass between mountains, 

 the mountains themselves, especially the 

 Eastern and "Western ranges, which sepa- 

 rate the table land from the narrow 

 strips of low coast that intervene between 

 them and the sea. 



Gherry, a. (girt), a mountain, as the Neil- 

 gherries, prop. Nilgiris ; also a fort, prop. 

 gadhi, as Rutnagherry, prop. Ratnagadhi. 



Goungs and Goungwais, b., are native revenue 

 officers in charge of districts. 



Gumasta, A writer who keeps the accounts 

 of the Forest DepDts. 



Hackery, a. (chakra), a rudely made cart 

 This word is propahly an Anglo-Indian 

 corruption of chakra, "a wheel." 



Jemadar, a. p., a native officer, correspond- 

 ing to our ensign or lieutenant 



Jhageerdar, p. (prop, jdgtrddr), the holder of 

 land granted for services. 



KdrMn, a native officer in charge of a range 

 of forest. Used in the Bombay Presidency. 



Koss, s. (fios), a measure of length which 

 varies in different provinces, generally 

 about two miles. 



Kotwal, p., the chief officer of police in a 

 city or town. 



Kurumbar. A wild forest tribe. 



Luzar, b., a log of short length. 



Maidan, p. (maidan), a plain. 



Moonshee, A. (munshi), literally, a writer. 



Nallah or Nullah, h. (prop, nala), a brook ; 

 a watercourse ; the channel of a torrent. 



Nathat, e., or seasoned timber. 



Nuddee, s. (prop, nodi), a river. 



Nugger, a. (Nagar), a city, as Ahmednugger, 

 prop, Ahmadnaga, city of Ahmad. 



Pateh h., the headman of a village, who, in 



