Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 31Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1863 - Asia |
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Page 161
... fire - eating Rhinoceros " in Burmá , from its habit of attacking the night - fires of travellers , and scattering the burning embers and doing other mischief , being attracted by unusual noises instead of fleeing from them as most wild ...
... fire - eating Rhinoceros " in Burmá , from its habit of attacking the night - fires of travellers , and scattering the burning embers and doing other mischief , being attracted by unusual noises instead of fleeing from them as most wild ...
Page 162
... fire - eater ' of the Burmans , supposing that to be SONDAICUS , as dis- tingished from " the common single - horned " kind , which he thought was INDICUS . Very decidedly , I consider that the alleged existence of the great sub ...
... fire - eater ' of the Burmans , supposing that to be SONDAICUS , as dis- tingished from " the common single - horned " kind , which he thought was INDICUS . Very decidedly , I consider that the alleged existence of the great sub ...
Page 225
... fires of Puppá have long been extinct ; its thick coating of jungle and grass , and the existence upon it of species of plants and animals , which , for want of a suitable habitat , cannot exist in any neighbouring locality , and the ...
... fires of Puppá have long been extinct ; its thick coating of jungle and grass , and the existence upon it of species of plants and animals , which , for want of a suitable habitat , cannot exist in any neighbouring locality , and the ...
Page 230
... fire ! do not kill me ! I am a guest ! " The words had scarcely time to pass his mouth and had not , probably , been heard by the enemy , when five or six matchlocks were discharged at him , two balls from which hit him , and he fell ...
... fire ! do not kill me ! I am a guest ! " The words had scarcely time to pass his mouth and had not , probably , been heard by the enemy , when five or six matchlocks were discharged at him , two balls from which hit him , and he fell ...
Page 367
... fire one evening , and Lions were impudent enough to roar at us , On the south of the Choba , where Bushmen abound , they are very seldom heard ; these brave fellows teach them better manners . My boatmen informed me that he had seen an ...
... fire one evening , and Lions were impudent enough to roar at us , On the south of the Choba , where Bushmen abound , they are very seldom heard ; these brave fellows teach them better manners . My boatmen informed me that he had seen an ...
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Afgháns Akhúnd Akyab ancient animal appear Arakan Asiatic Society Babu Bamo Bank of Bengal banks Bengal Bhoja Buddhist Burmá Burmese Calcutta Capt Captain celts chief coins Colonel colour containing Council Dhoon district ditto doubt east edited Elephants Esquire Europe feet figure glacier Government gulf of Siam Gurhwal Gwalior height hills Himalayas Hindu Hon'ble horns India INDICUS inhabitants inscription Journal Kanauj Khán king Krau letter Lower Suwát Major Malayan Martaban Mergui miles Moulmein mountains Museum notice observed Pagán passed Pegu Peshawar present probably proposed provinces Puppá Pushto Rangoon remarks Rhinoceros river road ruins Sanskrit seen side Sikkim skull SONDAICUS species specimens steamers stone Sumátra SUMATRANUS Survey Suwát Tárrnah Tavoy temple Tenasserim tion tope trees two-horned Upper Suwát valley viâ village W. T. Blanford wild word इति तथा