Reminiscences of Sport in IndiaW.H. Allen & Company, 1885 - 419 Seiten |
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... hundred or more British sol- diers , were surprised in their sleep by the traitorous sepoy regiments , and shot down with musketry . The native officers and men of the two regiments which , together with four companies of the 69th Foot ...
... hundred or more British sol- diers , were surprised in their sleep by the traitorous sepoy regiments , and shot down with musketry . The native officers and men of the two regiments which , together with four companies of the 69th Foot ...
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... hundreds of crows and of kites both the common brown kite and also the parti - coloured fish - kite . It was an animated scene , but , to use a common expression , " rough on the fish . " Another sport was much enjoyed by young sub ...
... hundreds of crows and of kites both the common brown kite and also the parti - coloured fish - kite . It was an animated scene , but , to use a common expression , " rough on the fish . " Another sport was much enjoyed by young sub ...
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... hundreds , like dusky purses , head - downwards from every branch , and the grove was alive with their incessant squeal and wrangle . We used to ride up , a party of perhaps four or five guns , jump off our ponies , and commence to ...
... hundreds , like dusky purses , head - downwards from every branch , and the grove was alive with their incessant squeal and wrangle . We used to ride up , a party of perhaps four or five guns , jump off our ponies , and commence to ...
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... few strait - laced men who thought it a sin to encourage a Mahomedan or a heathen festival , contributed handsome donations ; the colonel of a regiment sometimes giving as much as two hundred rupees ( £ 20 ) . Also , 2.
... few strait - laced men who thought it a sin to encourage a Mahomedan or a heathen festival , contributed handsome donations ; the colonel of a regiment sometimes giving as much as two hundred rupees ( £ 20 ) . Also , 2.
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Edmund Francis Burton. two hundred rupees ( £ 20 ) . Also , the officers used to lend their swords to be carried in the processions , and to be exhibited in the place where the games and entertainments were conducted . In the shed where ...
Edmund Francis Burton. two hundred rupees ( £ 20 ) . Also , the officers used to lend their swords to be carried in the processions , and to be exhibited in the place where the games and entertainments were conducted . In the shed where ...
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