Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 176William Blackwood, 1904 - England |
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Page 86
... jemadar of mahouts in my battery , now chief of the hathi - khana ( elephant - stable ) of Scindiah , in whose retinue he had come with the State elephants to the durbar , and had hastened to greet us the first spare moment he had had ...
... jemadar of mahouts in my battery , now chief of the hathi - khana ( elephant - stable ) of Scindiah , in whose retinue he had come with the State elephants to the durbar , and had hastened to greet us the first spare moment he had had ...
Page 88
... jemadar mahout . " We never know what he will say , but he tells of battles and sieges , of suttees and sacrifices , of wholesale bow - stringings in the bibi ghar- " " " Come , come , Sheikh Bhulloo , don't talk rot , " I began ; but ...
... jemadar mahout . " We never know what he will say , but he tells of battles and sieges , of suttees and sacrifices , of wholesale bow - stringings in the bibi ghar- " " " Come , come , Sheikh Bhulloo , don't talk rot , " I began ; but ...
Page 94
... jemadar mahout who lights these foolish chirags sees me well fed , lest I tear him limb from limb , as I served the last who stole my sugar ; and that's all I now care about , -for I'm old , Shisha Nag , and weak , and have waited a ...
... jemadar mahout who lights these foolish chirags sees me well fed , lest I tear him limb from limb , as I served the last who stole my sugar ; and that's all I now care about , -for I'm old , Shisha Nag , and weak , and have waited a ...
Page 371
... Jemadar , " said the Adjutant . And the Jemadar said , Bahut achcha ( Very good ) , and saluted with a grin . Painan proved to be much farther than was anticipated , or than it was represented to be by the Prince . They had a guide who ...
... Jemadar , " said the Adjutant . And the Jemadar said , Bahut achcha ( Very good ) , and saluted with a grin . Painan proved to be much farther than was anticipated , or than it was represented to be by the Prince . They had a guide who ...
Page 372
... Jemadar , look- ing very disconsolate . " Anything happened ? " asked the Assistant . " No , Huzoor , all present and correct . The Rajah Sahib never left his house for the shortest time . " " By your favour . But I thought the Huzoor ...
... Jemadar , look- ing very disconsolate . " Anything happened ? " asked the Assistant . " No , Huzoor , all present and correct . The Rajah Sahib never left his house for the shortest time . " " By your favour . But I thought the Huzoor ...
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