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Legends of the Konkan

1909

them their orders placed the half bewildered insect on the soft back of the king gull and in less than a ghutka (24 minutes) the bee was buzzing round the mighty bow as it hung aloft in company with thousands of others of the insect tribe ! Carefully selecting the spot at which he could commence work the carpenter setled on the branch and waited till it was dark and all the other clouds o [...] It would be tedious and indeed is unnecessary to sketch the downfall of the Portuguese the rise of the British raj " the collapse of the Maratha Empire the subjugation of the great pirates Angria and the Hahshi obviously these were not times in which husbandry could flourish or population increase however much commerce might expand from the Indian Ocean to the Eastern Highlands. [...] We die ! "—raising both arms with clenched fists to heaven—" but may the wrath of the great Ishwar may the curse of 13howtmee descend upon thee and thine !" No cries of " Jey Sumbhajee ! " then but a deadly gloom over the whole assemblage—a silence broken only by the guttural curses of the Miwalees and the clash of shields."42 LEGEND OF :UIGHUR. [...] On the further or eastern side of Pertabghur in the valley beneath the Fort and Mahableshwar not far from where the travellers bungalow now stands at Werra is the site of the celebrated encounter between Siwajee and :Wool Khan the Mogul General. [...] He had raised it glittering in the sun's rays when suddenly the Bishis of Juth and Phultun rushed upon them with fierce yell slew them like sheep shouting Jey Bh! In the midst of the turmoil the Leviathans rose from their lair in the morass ; the male promptly swallowed the priest knife and all—his mate gulped down another—and the Sambhur gored half a dozen of the wounded to his heart's cont
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Pages
312
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144128
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Preface
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Chapter I. Prologue
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Chapter II. Legend of the Hart-Lot Ghaut.—Part I
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Chapter III Legend of the Hart-Lot Ghaut.—Part II
16-22 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter IV The Chitpawan Legend
23-30 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter V. How Pareshram Cursed the Konkan
31-37 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter VI. Legend of Raighur
38-47 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter VII.The Legend of Wasota
48-63 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter VIII. The White Tigers
64-77 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter IX. The Legend of Mhaiputghur Fort
78-83 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter X. The Legend of Rissalghur Soomalghur and Mandanghur
84-89 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XI. “Treasure Legends”
90-93 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XII. The Legend Of Jyghur
94-101 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XIII. The Legend of Dabhol
102-117 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XIV. The Legend of Ratnagiri
118-130 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XV. The Legend of Ratnagiri
131-138 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XVI. The Mahant Swami of Nipani at Chiplun Part I
139-146 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XVII. The Mahant Swami At Chiplun.—Part II
147-159 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XVIII The Legend of Bhyrooghur
160-174 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XIX. The Legend of Dhopeshwur
175-193 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XX. The Legend Of Viziadroog (Gheria) and the Phonda Ghaut
194-226 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XXI. The Legend of Sindi-Droog
227-249 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XXII
250-260 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XXIII. The Kidnapping Nawab
261-276 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XXIV. A True Tale of a Persecuted Mussulman Official
277-286 Arthur Crawford view
Chapter XXV. A Terrible Tale of the Sea
287-300 Arthur Crawford view
Backmatter
i-vi Arthur Crawford view

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