 | Charles Ball - India - 1858 - 750 pages
...about midnight. We endeavoured to persuade a cultivator, who was watching his crop, to show us the war for a short distance, but he urged old age and lameness...were , hard and tight, and had rubbed the skin off my i toe«, and cut into the flesh above the heels. " In two hours more we were again on the right direction,... | |
 | India - 1858 - 486 pages
...watching his crop, to show us the way for a short distance, but he «rj»ed old age and lameness, find another whom I peremptorily told to come with us ran...shoes being wet and slippery and my feet sore. The ehoes were hard and tight, and had rubbed the skin off my toes and cut into the flesh above the heels.... | |
 | Sambhu Chandra Mookerjee - India - 1859 - 220 pages
...unfrequent even when there was no danger to be avoided. It was now about midnight. AVe endeavoiu'ed to persuade a cultivator who was watching his crop...walked quickly away into the Canal, running under the Char Bagh in which I fell several times owing to my shoes being wet and slippery and my feet sore.... | |
 | George Dodd - China - 1859 - 664 pages
...was now about midnight. We endeavoured to persuade a cultivator, who was watching his crop, to shew us the way for a short distance, but he urged old...walked quickly away into the canal, running under tho Char Bagh, in which I fell several times, owing to my shoes being wet and slippery and my feet... | |
 | George Dodd - China - 1859 - 668 pages
...watching his crop, to shew us the way for a short distance, but he urged old age and lameness ; nnd another, whom I peremptorily told to come with us,...screaming, and alarmed the whole village. We next walked qnickly away into the canal, running under the Char Bagh, in which I fell several times, owing to my... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 488 pages
...of the enemy. I bade him not to be frightened of me, for I was not annoyed, as such accidents wen* not unfrequent even when there was no danger to be...alarmed the whole village. We next walked quickly away to the canal running under the Charbagh, in which I fell several times, owing to my shoes being wet... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - Heroes - 1883 - 722 pages
...distrust him because of the mistake, as it was caused by his anxiety to take me away from the pickets of the enemy. I bade him not to be frightened of me,...alarmed the whole village. We next walked quickly away to the canal running under the Charbagh, in which I fell several times, owing to my shoes being wet... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - India - 1904 - 534 pages
...alarmed the dogs of the whole village, and the dogs made them beat a quick retreat to the canal, " in which I fell several times owing to my shoes being...my toes, and cut into the flesh above the heels." Two hours afterwards they were again on the right track, two women in a village having kindly helped... | |
 | Philip Aveling Wilkins - Commonwealth countries - 1904 - 476 pages
...screaming, and alarmed the whole village. We walked quickly away into the canal running under the Char Bagh, in which I fell several times, owing to my shoes being...tight, and had rubbed the skin off my toes, and cut the flesh above the heels. In two hours more we were again in the right direction, two women in a village... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - India - 1904 - 488 pages
...alarmed the dogs of the whole village, and the dogs made them beat a quick retreat to the canal, " in which I fell several times owing to my shoes being...and slippery and my feet sore. The shoes were hard A TERRIBLE MOMENT. 125 and tight and had rubbed the skin off my toes, and cut into the flesh above... | |
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I was not annoyed, as such accidents were not unfrequent even when there was no danger to be avoided. It was now about midnight. We endeavoured to persuade a cultivator, who was watching his crop, to show us the way for a short distance, but he urged... 
