| James Rennie - Animals - 1831 - 434 pages
...put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again." The custom was kept up at Ceylon till our conquest of that island. Bishop Heber says, " I preached,... | |
| James Rennie - Elephants - 1831 - 422 pages
...put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again." The custom was kept up at Ceylon till our conquest of that island. Bishop Heber says, " I preached,... | |
| 1835 - 542 pages
...irons, with a socket and three edges, are put on their tusks at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their tusks cut, to...their keepers on their backs, until they throw them down and kill them; but commonly there is notice of it before, by an oil that runs out of their cheeks,... | |
| 1835 - 538 pages
...times ; for the elephants that are kept have all tho ends of their tusks cut, to make them grow tho better, and they do grow out again. At some uncertain...their keepers on their backs, until they throw them down and kill them ; but commonly there is notice of it before, by an oil that runs out of their cheeks,... | |
| Child rearing - 1844 - 312 pages
...put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again." The custom was kept up at Ceylon till the. English conquest of that island. Bishop Heber says, " I... | |
| Robert Knox - British - 2004 - 122 pages
...put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again. •n,.ir dis- At some uncertain seasons the males have an infirmity come on them, that they will be... | |
| MRS. MILNER - 1856 - 1092 pages
...irons, with a socket and three edges, are put on their tusks at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their tusks cut, to...them grow the better, and they do grow out again. . . . " The keepers of the king's elephants sometimes make sport with them after this manner : they... | |
| R. Rajpal Kumar De Silva - Travel - 1988 - 512 pages
...put on their Teeth at such times; for the Elephants that are kept have all the ends of their Teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again. At the place of Execution, there are alwayes some sticking upon Poles, others hanging up in quarters upon... | |
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