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... of the natives - Murder of a mistress - The Kishengunj estate - Appearance in the dock- " Lattials " -Keshub Chunder Roy - Indian wrestling -Fighting birds - A Gwala Champion 39 CHAPTER IV . THE SANTHAL REBELLION . The Damun -
... of the natives - Murder of a mistress - The Kishengunj estate - Appearance in the dock- " Lattials " -Keshub Chunder Roy - Indian wrestling -Fighting birds - A Gwala Champion 39 CHAPTER IV . THE SANTHAL REBELLION . The Damun -
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... birds , and then he asked of those who sat at mess , " How many do you think I shot ? " and a subaltern of more wit than veneration answered him " a million . " Whereupon that colonel changed his tactics to meet the situation , and said ...
... birds , and then he asked of those who sat at mess , " How many do you think I shot ? " and a subaltern of more wit than veneration answered him " a million . " Whereupon that colonel changed his tactics to meet the situation , and said ...
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... bird of attenuated bill and legs- snippets , water - rail , & c . - passes for a snipe , just as any bird not bigger than the house - sparrow answers to his conception of ortolan . I have seen the impostor snipe - a very mocking bird ...
... bird of attenuated bill and legs- snippets , water - rail , & c . - passes for a snipe , just as any bird not bigger than the house - sparrow answers to his conception of ortolan . I have seen the impostor snipe - a very mocking bird ...
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... bird or that : the shooter has to fire his charge of dust shot into the brown of the swarm that whirls over the dusty plain like unto a cloud of dust . But if one cannot get ortolan save by shooting them , then I should feel inclined to ...
... bird or that : the shooter has to fire his charge of dust shot into the brown of the swarm that whirls over the dusty plain like unto a cloud of dust . But if one cannot get ortolan save by shooting them , then I should feel inclined to ...
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... birds encouraged confi- dence and hope . Snipe were plentiful ; at one time I had five couple down upon the ground , all killed before my coolies commenced picking up : when half my allotted time was done I had bagged just thirty couple ...
... birds encouraged confi- dence and hope . Snipe were plentiful ; at one time I had five couple down upon the ground , all killed before my coolies commenced picking up : when half my allotted time was done I had bagged just thirty couple ...
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