Falconry in the Valley of the IndusLondon, 1852 - 107 Seiten |
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Affghan Ameer amongst ANIMALS ARTHUR HENFREY Bahri Bashah Bauli Bazdar beak Beloch bird black partridge called cast CHAPTER colour crow EDWARD BEVAN Engravings Europe European eyes eyesses falconer falconer's falconry favourable favourite Fcap feathers fellow female fist flown Foolscap 8vo gazelle goshawk grey partridge hand hare Hari Chand hawk's head heron HISTORY OF BRITISH hood hunting hyæna Ibrahim Khan Illustrations Indian jesses Jheel JOHN VAN VOORST Kakoo Mall Khairu Laghar leash legs light lure male Meer Ibrahim Khan Mirza Mohammed moult Natives of Scinde NATURAL HISTORY Neem tree never noble Oriental partridge PATERNOSTER ROW perch Persian pinions plumage plume Post 8vo prey PROFESSOR BELL quarry reason reclaiming round round-winged royal 8vo Sahib Scindian Sebright Second Edition seeling Shahbaz Shikargah Shikrah short-winged sight SIR JOHN GRAHAM sparrow-hawk sport swoop talons tiercel Ukab unhooded vols wild wings YARRELL ZOOPHYTES
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Seite 100 - With hair falling upon his shoulders, a long beard, face and hands, arms and feet, stained with a thin coat of henna, Mirza Abdullah of Bushire — your humble servant — set out upon many and many a trip. He was a Bazzaz, a vendor of fine linen, calicoes, and muslins ; — such chapmen are sometimes admitted to display their wares, even in the sacred harem, by " fast " and fashionable dames — and he had a little pack of bijouterie and virtu reserved for emergencies.
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Seite 101 - It was only, however, when absolutely necessary that he displayed his stock-in-trade; generally, he contented himself with alluding to it on all possible occasions, boasting largely of his traffic, and asking a thousand questions concerning the state of the market. Thus he could walk into most men's houses, quite without ceremony; even if the master dreamed of kicking him out, the mistress was sure to oppose such measure with might and main. He secured numberless invitations, was proposed to by several...
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Seite 103 - ... loci, the Mullah. At other times, when in merrier mood, he entered uninvited the first door whence issued the sounds of music and the dance; — a clean turban and a polite bow are the best " tickets for soup
Seite 101 - Oriental dress, riding spear in hand, and pistols in holsters, towards the little encampment pitched near their settlements. But regularly every evening on the line of march the Mirza issued from his tent and wandered amongst them, collecting much information and dealing out more concerning an ideal master, — the Feringhee supposed to be sitting in state amongst the...