Jungle Life in India: Or, The Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist |
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Page 465 - Chandour about noon, when he saw a large female wolf leave her den, followed by three whelps and a little boy. The boy went on all fours, and seemed to be on the best possible terms with the old dam and the three whelps, and the mother seemed to guard all four with equal care.
Page 456 - Kanaruc, we must now believe that they were much more familiar with the use of this metal than they afterwards became. It is almost equally startling to find that, after an exposure to wind and rain for fourteen centuries, it is unrusted, and the capital and inscription are as clear and as sharp now as when put up fourteen centuries ago.
Page 45 - Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
Page 465 - They tried to make him speak, but could get nothing from him but an angry growl or snarl. He was kept for several days at the village, and a large crowd assembled every day to see him. When a grown-up person came near him, he became alarmed, and tried to steal away ; but when a child came near him, he rushed at it, with a fierce snarl like that of a dog, and tried to bite it.
Page 21 - good old rule, the simple plan that they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can.
Page 465 - ... three cubs go on their way. " They took the boy to the village, but had to tie him, for he was very restive, and struggled hard to rush into every hole or den they came near. They tried to make him speak, but could get nothing from him but an angry growl or snarl. He was kept for several days at the village, and a large crowd assembled every day to see him. When a grown-up person came near him, he became alarmed, and tried to steal away ; but when a child came near him...
Page 464 - The sowars rushed in upon them and captured the three, and to their great surprise found that one was a small naked boy. He was on all fours like his companions, had callosities on his knees and elbows, evidently caused by the attitude used in moving about, and bit and scratched violently in resisting the capture. The boy was brought up in Lucknow, where he lived some time, and may, for aught I know, be living still. He was quite unable to articulate words, but had a dog-like intellect, quick at...
Page 10 - The pillar and stall is generally practised in preference to the long wall system of " getting " the coal. None of the mines are of great depth, and a perfect freedom from fire and choke damp renders it possible to carry on the work without its being necessary to adopt the precautions which in England only too often fail to secure the object aimed at Many of the seams are of considerable thickness, one which is worked contains nearly 40 feet of coal. As a rule, however, the thick seams, especially...
Page 525 - India," p. 724. in the year 1838, through the forests of Orissa. He speaks of the people as being too apathetic and indolent to search for diamonds. His remarks on the localities where they occur seem to be derived from Mr. Motte's account, to which, indeed, he refers. Although published in the same number of the Asiatic Society's Journal,* we find a Paper, dated two years later, or 1840, which was written by Major Ouseley, on the " Process of Washing for Gold-dust and Diamonds at Heera Khoond.