Sketches of Indian Field Sports: With Observations on the Animals; Also an Account of Some of the Customs of the Inhabitants; with a Description of the Art of Catching Serpents, as Practised by the Conjoors and Their Method of Curing Themselves when Bitten: with Remarks on Hydrophobia and Rabid AnimalsR. Jennings, 1827 - 295 oldal |
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174. oldal - The ground from the tents to the garden, forming the road on which we moved, was inlaid with fireworks ; at every step of the elephants the earth burst before us, and threw up artificial stars in the heavens, to emulate those created by the hand of Providence ; besides innumerable rockets, and many hundred wooden shells that burst in the air, and shot forth a thousand fiery serpents ; these, winding through the atmosphere, illuminated the sky, and, aided by the light of the bamboo scenery, turned...
92. oldal - He boldly ran to the man's assistance, and cut the tiger severely with his sword ; upon which he dropped the Biparie and seized the herdsman ; the buffaloes observing it, attacked the tiger, and rescued the poor man ; they tossed him about from one to the other, and, to the best of my recollection, killed him, but of that I am not quite positive. Both of the wounded men were brought to me; the Biparie recovered, and the herdsman died.
169. oldal - Asuf-ud-Dowlah, was a wealthy and eccentric prince. Having succeeded to the musnud (throne) of Oude by the assistance of the East India Company, he professed great partiality to the English. Mild in manners, polite and affable in his conduct, he possessed no great mental powers ; his heart was good con ••: it ,K sidering his education, which instilled the most despotic ideas.
59. oldal - ... hollow and uneven ground, and he scarcely ever made a false step with me, and never once tumbled. He used to touch the ground with his trunk on every spot where his feet were to be placed, and in so light and quick a manner, as scarcely to be perceived. The Mahout would often make him remove large stones, lumps of earth, or timber out of his way, frequently climb up and down banks, that no horse could get over; he would also occasionally break off branches of trees that were in the way of the...
58. oldal - I ever knew, and so great a rogue, that I was obliged to discharge him. The very day that he left my service, the elephant's eyes were closed, which he did not open again in less than a fortnight, when it was discovered that he was blind. Two small eschars, one in each eye, were visible, which indicated pretty strongly that he had been made blind by some sharp instrument, most probably by a heated needle. The suspicion was very strong against the former keeper, of whom I never heard any thing after....
173. oldal - The procession was grand beyond conception; it consisted of about twelve hundred elephants, richly caparisoned, drawn up in a regular line like a regiment of soldiers. About a hundred...
170. oldal - ... forms and colours ; several hundred large " mirrors, girandoles, and clocks ; some of the " latter were very curious, richly set with jewels, " having figures in continual movement, and " playing tunes every hour ; two of these clocks " cost him thirty thousand pounds. Without
19. oldal - ... run from the noise ; the only part where there is danger, is near the nets ; the tigers seeing them, and not knowing which way to escape, become enraged, and sometimes a poor fellow in their way feels the effects of their fury. When they had arrived within about a mile or a mile and a half of the nets, which occupied many hours to accomplish, they increased their pace and noise, and were then joined by the party sent to set fire to the sides of the jungle, who constantly let off c 2 fire-works...
181. oldal - Brooke, who was then making a collection of drawings of snakes, a man exhibited one of his dancing cobra de capelloes before a large party. A boy about sixteen years old was teazing the animal to make it bite him, which it actually did, and to some purpose, for in an hour after, he died of the bite. The father of the boy was astonished, and protested it could not be from the bite ; that the snake had no venomous teeth, and that he and the boy had often been bitten by it before, without any bad effect....
117. oldal - As soon as dinner was over, I went out with my gun to drive them off, and I fired with small shot at one of them, which instantly ran down to the lowest branch of the tree, as if he were going to fly at me, stopped suddenly, and coolly put its paw to the part wounded, covered with blood, and held it out for me to see...