Hyphasis is the Greek name of the Bias river, one of the five rivers of the Punjab.
6.

Railways have rendered almost obsolete the mode of travelling described in the text.

In Northern India palankeens (palkis) are now seldom used, even by Indians, except for purposes of ceremony.
7.

This statement is no longer quite accurate, though fortified positions are still very few.
8.

The editor cannot find the exact passage quoted, but remarks to the same effect will be found in _The Life of Sir Thomas Munro,_ by the Rev.G.R.Gleig, in two volumes, a new edition (London, 1831), vol.ii, p.