People say that this is costly amusement for him, since in crossing the sea he must sometimes be obliged to drink water from vessels that are more or less public, and thus damage his caste.

To get it purified again he must make pilgrimage to some renowned Hindoo temples and contribute a fortune or two to them.

His people are like the other Hindoos, profoundly religious; and they could not be content with a master who was impure.
We failed to see the jewels, but we saw the gold cannon and the silver one--they seemed to be six-pounders.

They were not designed for business, but for salutes upon rare and particularly important state occasions.

An ancestor of the present Gaikwar had the silver one made, and a subsequent ancestor had the gold one made, in order to outdo him.
This sort of artillery is in keeping with the traditions of Baroda, which was of old famous for style and show.