Ummeerghur, having a coarse and dirty cotton cloth. wrapped round the head and shoulders and a sort of plaited petticoat round their loins, of the same material. Two of them had rude swords and shields, the remainder had all bows and arrows resembling... The Pocket Magazine - Halaman 1611828Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| 1828 - 658 halaman
...as these last. They were not 80 naked as the two whom I met at Umeerghur, having a coarse and diny cotton cloth wrapped round the head and shoulders,...their loins of the same material. Two of them had rude s'.vords and shields, the remainder had all bows and arrows resembling those which I had seen before,... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1828 - 400 halaman
...ever; their countenances were open, and the ex. pression of their eyes and lips was good-tempered. Two of them had rude swords and shields: the remainder had all bows and arrows. The police thanna consists of three or four huts, with a small stage elevated on four poles for a sentry... | |
| Reginald Heber - 1829 - 422 halaman
...think them quite so dark as these last. They were not so naked as the two whom I met at Ummeerghur, having a coarse and dirty cotton cloth. wrapped round...were fixed. The bow-strings were very neatly made of bamboo slips plaited. Their beards and hair were not at all woolly, but thick and dishevelled, and... | |
| Reginald Heber - 1844 - 320 halaman
...think them quite so dark as these last. They were not so naked as the two whom I met at Ummeerghur, having a coarse and dirty cotton cloth wrapped round...remainder had all bows and arrows resembling those which 1 had seen before, except that the arrow-heads, not being intended for striking fish, were fixed. The... | |
| Reginald Heber - 1856 - 316 halaman
...think them quite so dark as these last. They were not so naked as the two whom I met at Ummeerghur, having a coarse and dirty cotton cloth wrapped round...had seen before, except that the arrow-heads, not lieing intended for striking fish, were fixed. The bow-strings were very neatly made of bamboo-slips... | |
| Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1088 halaman
...men, less broadshouldered . . . and with faces less Celtic than the Puharees of the Rajmahal. . . . Two of them had rude swords and shields, the remainder had all bows and arrows." — llrbtr, ed. 1844, ii. 75. BHEEL, s. A word used in Bengal — bhtl ; a marsh or lagoon ; same as... | |
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