 | Roorda van Eysinga, P.P. 1843 Indie, ter bevordering der kennis van Nederlands Oostersche bezittingen. Breda, Nijs, vol. 3, part 1, pp. vi, 1-560 |
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| To catch the rhinoceros, the Javanese search for the place where it comes to drink. They then dig a hole in the path to that place in the shape of a grave, but converging into a point at the lower end. They cover it with bamboos, and on top of these they put earth and reed or leaves. If the rh... |
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| Roorda van Eysinga, P.P. 1843 Indie, ter bevordering der kennis van Nederlands Oostersche bezittingen. Breda, Nijs, vol. 3, part 1, pp. vi, 1-560 |
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| Among the Javanese hunters there are some who say that they have often seen a beautiful woman on the back of the rhinoceros, which they could not follow. They regard the woman as the devil, who made them so weak that they could not move, while some of their companions were eaten alive by the ani... |
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| Roorda van Eysinga, P.P. 1843 Indie, ter bevordering der kennis van Nederlands Oostersche bezittingen. Breda, Nijs, vol. 3, part 1, pp. vi, 1-560 |
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| The horn of a rhinoceros is regarded by the locals as a talisman or Moesthiko against evil, and the Chinese find it strengthening. |
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| Biot, E. 1843 Sur les moeurs des anciens Chinois, d'apres le Chi-king. Journal Asiatique (4) 2: 307-354 |
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| Walker, H. 1843 A catalogue of the mammalia of Assam. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 3: 265-268 |
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| Sears, R. 1843 The wonders of the world in nature, art, and mind. New York, Robert Sears |
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| Anonymous 1843 Das Buch der Welt, ein Inbegriff des Wissenwurdigsten und Unterhaltendsten aus den gebieten der Naturgeschichtem Naturlehre, Lander- und Volkerkunde, Weltgeschichtem Gotterlehre. Stuttgart, Hoffmann |
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| Bellew, F.J. 1843 Memoirs of a griffin, or, A cadet's first year in India. London, W.H. Allen (2nd ed. 1880) |
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| [262] A day or two more brought us in sight of the blue mountains, or hills of Rajmahal. – The low lands at the foot of these hills are well stocked with game, the neighbouring jungles affording them secure shelter. Everything is here to be found, from the rhinoceros to the quail. |
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| Delessert, A. 1843 Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde executé de 1834 a 1839. Paris, Fortin et Masson |
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| Davidson, C.J.C. 1843 Diary of travels and adventures in upper India : With a tour in Bundelcund, a sporting excursion in the kingdom of Oude, and a voyage down the Ganges. London, H. Colburn, 2 vols |
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