 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1859 - 702 páginas
...TsAsyrSjt,- o Koive/u TE' The Singhalese "have a further superstition in relation to the closing life of the elephant : they believe that, on feeling the approach...hunting in the forests of Anarajapoora, intimated that he was then in the immediate vicinity of the spot " to which the elephants came to die," but that... | |
 | tennent - 1859 - 694 páginas
...Koivoo TsAovf a|tx.uvav 6 The Singhalese have a further superstition in relation to the closing life of the elephant : they believe that, on feeling the approach...hunting in the forests of Anarajapoora, intimated that he was then in the immediate vicinity of the spot " to which the elephants came to die," but that... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1859 - 700 páginas
...Singhalese have a further superstition in to the closing life of the elephant : they believe that, cm feeling the approach of dissolution, he repairs to...hunting in the forests of Anarajapoora, intimated that he was then in the immediate vicinity of the spot " to which the elephants came to die" but that... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1862 - 492 páginas
...last-mentioned authority states that the Singhalese have a superstition relating to the dot ng life of the elephant; they believe that on feeling the approach...solitary valley, and there resigns himself to death. 'While hunting in the forests of Anarajapoora, the oH'i'vod, when thcy came to . (hi immediate vicinity... | |
 | 1884 - 756 páginas
...elephants in all possible situations, he had never yet found a single skeleton of a dead one, except those which had fallen by the rifle. The Singhalese...solitary valley, and there resigns himself to death." (To be continued.) LONDON TEA COMPANIES. (Arranged according to area of cultivation). Results of working... | |
 | 1896 - 588 páginas
...Elephant " in Ceylon, says that the Singhalese believe that when an elephant feels dissolution approaching he repairs to a solitary valley, and there resigns himself to death. But this valley is so mysteriously concealed that, though many, both Europeans and natives, have believed... | |
 | George P. Sanderson - 2000 - 470 páginas
...carcasses at least would be found, whereas they never are ; and though it is certain 58 NATIVE BELIEFS. the animals do die, I know of no reasonable explanation...accompanied Mr Cripps when hunting in the forests of Anardjapoora, intimated to him that he was then in the immediate vicinity of the spot ' to which the... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - 1880 - 718 páginas
...elephants in all possible situations, he had never yet found a single skeleton of a dead one, except those which had fallen by the rifle. The Singhalese...solitary valley, and there resigns himself to death." This quotation from Sir Emerson Tennant shows the similarity of opinion between the natives of Ceylon... | |
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... those which had fallen by the rifle. " The Singhalese have a superstition in relation to the close of life in the elephant : they believe that, on feeling the approach of dissolution, he repairs to a solitary valley, and there resigns himself to death. 