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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal March 1837

1837

Di; S.'s argument the moral of the tale being the retribution inflicted by the victim on the oppressor by means of the knowledge he is in the commencement said to possess of it all modes of healing and of hurting." Extract from the Story of the Physician and the King "And after this the executioner stepped forward and rolled his eyes Aercely and drew his sword and said Give the word ;* and [...] Now the king wore gloves of the hide of a beast of prey and he took the cup from the hawk's neck and filled it with that water and set down the water before the bird and lo ! the I3;wk struck the cup with its talons and overturned it. [...] There is at the same time nothing in the style adopted repugnant to our ears already familiar from childhood with the Oriental phraseology of the translated scriptures —but on the contrary the total foreignness and antiquity of the incidents and reflections and the admixture of the supernatural now discarded from our own works of fiction seem to acquire support and harmony from a correspon [...] Besides the boats at the ghtts there are a few scattered here and there at the different villages on the banks of the river belonging to the zemindars and used by them for the convenience of crossing to and fro and tranporting grain and firewood. [...] The poor from the neigboring territories bordering on the desert resort to the banks of the river to cultivate the autumnal crops and earn a bare subsistence but their attachment to the desert in preference to the climate near the river prevents their settling.
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Pages
97
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I.—Remarks on M. Schlegel’s Objections to the Restored Editions of the Alif Leilah or Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. by Henry Torrens Esq. B. A. and of the Inner Temple B. C. S.
161-168 James Prinsep view
II.—Journalof Captain. C. M. Wade’s Voyage from Lodiana to Mithankot by the River Satlaj on His Mission to Lahór and Bahówulpur in 1832-33. by Lieut. F. Mackeson 14th Regt. N. I
169-217 James Prinsep view
III.—Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions
218-223 James Prinsep view
IV.—Note on a Specimen of the Bos Gaurus. by Dr. George Evans Curator of the Medical College
223-225 James Prinsep view
V.—Memorandum on the Gaur and Gayal. by Assistant Surgeon J. T. Pearson Cur. Mus. Asiatic Society
225-230 James Prinsep view
VI.—on a New Genus of the Sylviadæ. with Description of Three New Species. by B. H. Hodgson Esq. Resident in Nepal
230-232 James Prinsep view
VII.—Nots on the Occurrence of Fossil Bones in the Sewalik Range Eastward of Hardwar. by H. Falconer M. D. Superintendent Botanical Garden Seharanpur
233-234 James Prinsep view
VIII.—Report Progress of the Boring Experiment in Fort William. by Major T. M. Taylor 5th Cav.
234-237 James Prinsep view
IX.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
238-243 James Prinsep view
X.—Meteorological Register
i-v James Prinsep view

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