The river crosses and recrosses it
diagonally. Near Jubbulpore it flows along for some distance close
under the Satpura range to the south; and crossing over the valley
from Bheraghat, it reaches the Vindhya range to the north, at the
point where it reaches the Hiran river, forty miles below.
Notes:
1. This is a slip, probably due to the printer's reader. There are no
chimney-sweepers in India. The word should be 'sweepers'. The members
of this caste and a few other degraded communities, such as the Doms,
do all the sweeping, scavenging, and conservancy work in India.
'Washerwomen' is another slip: read 'Washermen'.
2. The 'under-woman', or 'second ayah', was a member of the sweeper
caste.
3. The title Mir Sahib implies that Salamat Ali was a Sayyid,
claiming descent from Ali, the cousin, son-in-law, and pupil of
Muhammad, who became Khalif in A.D. 656.
4. The sweeper castes stand outside the Hindoo pale, and often
incline to Muhammadan practices. They worship a special form of the
Deity, under the names of Lal Beg, Lal Guru, &c.
5. No _avatar_ or incarnation of Brahma is known to most Hindoos, and
incarnations of Siva are rarely mentioned.
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