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Notes:
1. On the sieges of Bharatpur see _ante_, chapter 17, note 9.
2. In the original edition the year is misprinted 1804, though the
correct date is indicated by the phrase 'thirty-one years before'.
The operations on January 9, 1805, are described in considerable
detail in Thornton's history, and Pearse, _The Life and Military
Services of Viscount Lake_ (Blackwood, 1908). Dig was taken on
December 24, 1804, and Lord Lake's army moved from Mathura towards
Bharatpur on January 1, 1805.
3. The Bombay column joined Lord Lake on February 11, and took part
in the third and fourth assaults on the fortress.
4. As in the previous passage, this date is printed 1804 in the
original edition.
5. They have been repaired to some extent, and the town has improved
much since the author's time.
6. That is to say, the well-cylinder is gradually sunk by its own
weight, aided, if necessary, by heavy additional weights piled upon
it. The sinking often takes many months, and is continued till a
suitable resting-place is found. The cylinder is built on a strong
ring of timber. Indian bridge-piers commonly rest on wells of this
kind.
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