I have known the whole of the survivors of
strong detachments that went in, in robust health, three months
before, brought away mere skeletons, and in a hopeless and dying
state. All were sent to their homes on medical certificate, but they
almost all died there, or in the course of their journey.
Notes:
1. December, 1835. The name of the village is spelled Behrole by the
author.
2. The Dasan river rises in the Bhopal State, flows through the Sagar
district of the Central Provinces, and along the southern boundary of
the Lalitpur subdivision of the Jhansi District, United Provinces of
Agra and Oudh. It also forms the boundary between the Jhansi and
Hamirpur Districts, and falls into the Betwa after a course of about
220 miles. The name is often, but erroneously, written Dhasan. It is
the Sanskrit Dasarna.
3. This emblem is a lotus, not a rose flower. The latter is never
used in Hindoo symbolism. The lotus is a solar emblem, and intimately
associated with the worship of Vishnu.
4. It rather indicates that the husband was on horseback when killed.
The sculptures on sati pillars often commemorate the mode of death of
the husband.
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