palkies

Updated: January 24, 2026

The jhampans, palkies, dandies, &c. which took up the entire road, however, loudly proclaimed India, Simla being much too dainty to touch the ground with its pretty feet, and too lazy to use its own legs for purposes of out-door locomotion.

William Henry Knight - Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet