The old forest ranger; or, Wild sports of India on the Neilgherry hills, in the jungles and on the plains |
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... stone , and do not allow your baboon's head to appear over it , * Mussaulchce , or Maty Boy , -A low - caste native servant . + Shikar , -Hunting . unless you wish it to become better acquainted with the 14 THE OLD FOREST RANGER .
... stone , and do not allow your baboon's head to appear over it , * Mussaulchce , or Maty Boy , -A low - caste native servant . + Shikar , -Hunting . unless you wish it to become better acquainted with the 14 THE OLD FOREST RANGER .
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... allowing nothing but their heads to appear over it , and in this situation awaited the signal for putting the hounds into cover . " Is not this considered rather an unfair style of sport ? " inquired Charles . " I was told at Madras ...
... allowing nothing but their heads to appear over it , and in this situation awaited the signal for putting the hounds into cover . " Is not this considered rather an unfair style of sport ? " inquired Charles . " I was told at Madras ...
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... allow him to dodge long in cover . Hush ! hark ! —there he goes again : ' tis old Speaker ; I know his voice well , and he is no babbler , take my word for it . There , now Racer chimes in - now Rodney takes it up . my lad , steady ...
... allow him to dodge long in cover . Hush ! hark ! —there he goes again : ' tis old Speaker ; I know his voice well , and he is no babbler , take my word for it . There , now Racer chimes in - now Rodney takes it up . my lad , steady ...
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... allowing his weapon to lie idly by his side , gazes with rapture on the glorious view , and , if I am any judge of physiognomy , is thinking more of his pretty Cousin than of the deer . : The hounds have opened on the scent . " Down ...
... allowing his weapon to lie idly by his side , gazes with rapture on the glorious view , and , if I am any judge of physiognomy , is thinking more of his pretty Cousin than of the deer . : The hounds have opened on the scent . " Down ...
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... allows but one wife to the inhabitants of each village ; and , till within the last few years , a still more barbarous custom existed amongst them , that of destroying all the female children except one , which was reared to supply the ...
... allows but one wife to the inhabitants of each village ; and , till within the last few years , a still more barbarous custom existed amongst them , that of destroying all the female children except one , which was reared to supply the ...
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afore amongst animal appeared auld Ayapah bamboo barrel bear beast beautiful better Bhurmah bison blood boar bound Brahmin brute bushes canna Captain cheroot companions Cotwall cousin cried Mansfield dashed deer devil ears elephant exclaimed Mansfield eyes fcap feel feet fire followed forest Forest Ranger frae ground hand head heard heart Heels honour horse hounds howdah ibex India Ishmail Jemmadar jungle Kamah killed lads laughing look Low Country M'Phee Mahout Maister Charles Mansfield and Charles matchlock maun Miss Kate Mons Meg morning natives Neilgherry Hills never Old Forest old Lorimer Ootacamund panther poor ravine replied Mansfield replied the Doctor rifle roar rock Sahib savage Shikarees shot shoulder side sight smiling spear sport sportsmen stag stood tent thou tiger tigress Todahs trail tree turned venison village watching Watty weapon weel whilst wild wounded young
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