Indian Antiquary Vol 32

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
JATUART, 1905.
Fol. 169. and woh to us. is most delightable is y! warre Elephants .... graplinge w theire tooth and Strikeinge with all their force w theire trunks y: Buffolos and fight w each other. See Yule, s. v. Buffalo.
BUNCUS. Fol. 46. this is called a bunko, and by the Portugals a Cheroote See Yule, s. v. Bancos. (This is the earliest quoted instance of this word.]
BUBRIE. Fol. 94. 5 Gandas is one burrie or 20: Cowries. 4 burries make 1 Pone or 80: Cowries. Not in Yale. [The word is bhari.]
CABUL. Pol. 62. to the Eldest Dara he gave Oabul and Multan. See Yale, s. . Cabul. [The quotation is nseful for the history of the word.]
CAPILA. Fol. 97. the Commodities of those Countries are transported hither by Camille. Bee Yule, s. v, Cafila.
CALABABH Fol. 135. Save y! wild Calabashes &c : that grow in y! Woods (of Janselone] : an Excellent food for y! Wild Monkeys. Not in Yule, which is odd. [The writer means pumpkins by the term.]
(To be continued.)
EXTRACTS FROM THE BENGAL CONSULTATIONS OF THE XVIIITH CENTURY
RELATING TO THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
BY SIR BICHARD C. TEMPLE. (Continued from Vol. XXXI. p. 508.)
11706.- No. X.
Fort William 23rd March 1795. The following Letter Was received, on the 11th Instant, from Major Kyd, and a copy of it has been trangmitted to the Honble Court of Directors in the Dart Packet, with a Oopy of the Appendix to which it refers, To the Honble. Sir John Shore Bart. Governor General in Council.
Honble Sir, -In Conformity to your instructions convoyed in your Letter of the 21st April last accompanying Extracts of your proceedings in Council of the same date I proodeded from the Andamans to Prince of Wales's Island in August last, on the Sea Horse Brig, and during two months, employed myself with all the assiduity in my power to obtain information apon the various objecta you were pleased to point out for my investigation, the result of which I will proceed to state in a few words as the subject will admit, but I fear that the little practice I have had in Statements of this kind will not enable me to place every thing in so clear point of view - the subject requires.
The principal object of my visit to Prince of Wales's Island was not originally to moertain the points of enquiry that you were pleased afterwards to direct me in, many of which were of a temporary