8. In the Bilaspur district of the Central Provinces. The distance in
a direct line between Mandla and Katak is about 400 miles.
9. Shahgarh was formerly a petty native state, with town of same
name. The chief joined the rebels in 1857, with the result that his
dominions were confiscated, and distributed between the districts of
Sagar and Damoh in the Central Provinces, and Jhansi (formerly
Lalitpur) in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. The town of
Shahgarh is in the Sagar district.
10. Raipur is the chief town of the district of the same name in the
Central Provinces, which was not finally annexed to the British
dominions until 1854, when the Nagpur State lapsed.
CHAPTER 12
The Silver Tree, or 'Kalpa Briksha'--The Singhara or _Trapa
bispinosa_, and the Guinea-Worm.
Poor old Salamat Ali wept bitterly at the last meeting in my tent,
and his two nice boys, without exactly knowing why, began to do the
same; and my little son Henry[1] caught the infection, and wept
louder than any of them. I was obliged to hurry over the interview
lest I should feel disposed to do the same.
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