 | Robert Walsh - 1828 - 564 pages
...*take care,'—' step out,' warning him that the road is rough, slippery, &c., all which the ammal is supposed to understand, and take his measures accordingly....neck, on the side to which he wishes him to turn, urgmg him forwards with the point of a formidable goad, and stopping him by a blow on the forehead... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 pages
...tread, bidding him "take care,"—" step out," warning 1 him that the road is rough, slippery, 8cc., all which the animal is supposed to understand, and take...and stopping him by a blow on the forehead with the but-end of the same instrument. The command these men have over their elephants is well known, and... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...which the animal is supposed to understand, and take VOL. I. 3 1, Ms measures accordingly. The mahout says nothing, but guides him by. pressing his legs...urging him forwards with the point of a formidable goud, and stopping him by a blow on the forehead with the butt end of the same instrument. The command... | |
 | Leonard Crocker Bowles - 1831 - 372 pages
...bidding him ' take care,' — ' step out,' warning him that the road is rough, slippery, &tc., all which the animal is supposed to understand, and take...and stopping him by a blow on the forehead with the but end of the same instrument. The command these men have over their elephants is well known, and... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 422 pages
...tread, bidding him ' take care,' — ' step out,' warning him that the road is rough, slippery, &c., all which the animal is supposed to understand, and take his measures accordingly*." This assistance to the mohout is probably, in most cases, an unnecessary parade, arising from the almost... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...&c., all which the animal is supposed to understand, and to take his measures accordingly. The mahout says nothing, but guides him by pressing his legs...the side to which he wishes him to turn, urging him forward with the point of a formidable goad, and stopping him by a blow on the forehead with the hut-end... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...supf-sed to understand, and to take his measures accordingly. The mahout says nothing-, but guides him ky pressing his legs to his neck, on the side to which he wishes him to turn, urging him forward with the point of a formidable goad, and nr-pping him by a blow on the fin-head with the but-end... | |
 | 1844 - 312 pages
...his captivity. One man invariably attends upon him ; feeds, caresses, punishes him. On a journey, " the mohout says nothing, but guides him by pressing...the side to which he wishes him to turn, urging him forward by the point of a formidable goad, and stopping him by a blow on the forehead with the butt-end... | |
 | Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...tread, bidding him " take care," " step out," warning him that the road is rough, slippery, &c., all which the animal is supposed to understand, and take...The mohout says nothing, but guides him by pressing 1 The country residence of the governor.general. his legs to his neck on the side to which he wishes... | |
 | Van-ti (fict. name.) - 1844 - 152 pages
...an umbrella over their heads. The driver guides the creature entirely by pressing his legs against his neck, on the side to which he wishes him to turn; he also urges him forward by a sharp goad, and makes him stop by a blow on the forehead. These great... | |
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... a badge of royalty. I was amused by one peculiarity, which I had never before heard of; while the elephant is going on, a man walks by his side, telling him where to tread, bidding him " take care,"—" step out," warning him that the road is rough,... 
