United States or British Virgin Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
We formed a curious procession as we entered the valley rajah and civilians, military men and mahowts, black and white, on pads and in howdahs the last being the little towers that you see on elephants' backs in pictures. "Gun-men had been sent up to the head of the valley to block the way in that direction. The sides were too steep for elephants to climb.
So terrible was the sound of this elephant's approach, that the ranks of the khedda elephants were thrown into some confusion, and the mahowts had difficulty in preventing them from turning tail and running away. Our leader, therefore, ordered the gladiator, Chand Moorut, to the front.
I was just moving off, after seeing this female secured, when a tremendous shouting attracted me. It was a party chasing a fine young tusker. He was very cunning, and ran about, dodging hither and thither, taking advantage of every tree and bush and inequality, while the mahowts failed again and again to noose him. I made my mahowt drive our animal so as to turn him back.
Word Of The Day