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redoubled speed through the breaker ; and as it sped onwards , to take every possible advantage of its swift course , till gradually
carried forward in its subsidence , the Musoolah boat was not unpreparedly overtaken by another . Again , the same noise , vociferation , and pulling was resorted to , till each breaker , of lesser magnitude , being passed through , and its buffetings admirably withstood , one , apparently of overwhelming strength , dashed it high and with a loud ,
grating noise , on the sandy beach . No time is now to be lost ; the passenger must jump out , for should he delay till another spring of the surf , and be caught unawares , the concussion will most infallibly knock him off his perch , and the spray cover him from head to foot . These native sailors , with weather-beaten visages and sun-dried skins , are fond of practising a trick upon the griffin . Cunning
enough to think he will imagine that all the hubbub they make is owing to the presence of real danger , having passed him safely over the first breaker , they stand up in a ludicrous attitude , and with a face expressive of an appeal to his gratitude and admiration , beseech him for a " backsheesh" or present ; failing to obtain from him the him tor a backsheeshor present ; failing to obtain from him the
, desired douceur ' , on the approach of a succeeding swell , they will wear round the boat a little , the effect of which manoeuvre , through the rebound of the wave , will probably be felt in the shape of a tolerably good sprinkling of sea-water on his person , a matter of no
consequence to themselves—indeed , rather refreshing , being more than half-naked—but a considerable nuisance to the well-dressed passenger . And now we were once again on dry land , and so indeed we found it ; with a scorching sun overhead and the sand hot beneath our feet , we were right glad to seek for shelter . "A very fine sunshiny day , sir , this , " a youthful militaire , being a griffin , is
reported to have said to a presidency official , as , soon after his arrival , arrayed in scarlet jacket , buttoned up close over his chest , and constantly applying his cambric to his face , which , from the effects of a thermometer standing at 95 degrees , was in a particularly liquescent state , he was seated before him , and received for answer , " Yes ; and you will have an abundance of fine sunshiny days before you leave the country ! " and such was our destined experience .
The griffin is a creature of no presidency in particular , —all India claims him for her son ; his blunders , from not being acquainted with the habits of the country , and ignorance of the native languages , whether he be a mull , koey-hy , or duck , though springing from one and the same principle , are multiform , and partake of the peculiarities which each part of Tlindostan holds up to his view . Nominally ,
his career of griffinage is a year , a month , a week , and a day ; but in these days of very superior education in England , there are , I believe , fewer mistakes made by the young adventurers in the East now than in times gone by . An infinite number of ludicrous tales might be recounted of the exploits of griffins , some almost exceeding belief . ] NTot devoid of amusement are tho following : —A young gentleman , on his way to join his station some years ago , being on board a budgerow on the river Hooghly , observed what is a too
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redoubled speed through the breaker ; and as it sped onwards , to take every possible advantage of its swift course , till gradually
carried forward in its subsidence , the Musoolah boat was not unpreparedly overtaken by another . Again , the same noise , vociferation , and pulling was resorted to , till each breaker , of lesser magnitude , being passed through , and its buffetings admirably withstood , one , apparently of overwhelming strength , dashed it high and with a loud ,
grating noise , on the sandy beach . No time is now to be lost ; the passenger must jump out , for should he delay till another spring of the surf , and be caught unawares , the concussion will most infallibly knock him off his perch , and the spray cover him from head to foot . These native sailors , with weather-beaten visages and sun-dried skins , are fond of practising a trick upon the griffin . Cunning
enough to think he will imagine that all the hubbub they make is owing to the presence of real danger , having passed him safely over the first breaker , they stand up in a ludicrous attitude , and with a face expressive of an appeal to his gratitude and admiration , beseech him for a " backsheesh" or present ; failing to obtain from him the him tor a backsheeshor present ; failing to obtain from him the
, desired douceur ' , on the approach of a succeeding swell , they will wear round the boat a little , the effect of which manoeuvre , through the rebound of the wave , will probably be felt in the shape of a tolerably good sprinkling of sea-water on his person , a matter of no
consequence to themselves—indeed , rather refreshing , being more than half-naked—but a considerable nuisance to the well-dressed passenger . And now we were once again on dry land , and so indeed we found it ; with a scorching sun overhead and the sand hot beneath our feet , we were right glad to seek for shelter . "A very fine sunshiny day , sir , this , " a youthful militaire , being a griffin , is
reported to have said to a presidency official , as , soon after his arrival , arrayed in scarlet jacket , buttoned up close over his chest , and constantly applying his cambric to his face , which , from the effects of a thermometer standing at 95 degrees , was in a particularly liquescent state , he was seated before him , and received for answer , " Yes ; and you will have an abundance of fine sunshiny days before you leave the country ! " and such was our destined experience .
The griffin is a creature of no presidency in particular , —all India claims him for her son ; his blunders , from not being acquainted with the habits of the country , and ignorance of the native languages , whether he be a mull , koey-hy , or duck , though springing from one and the same principle , are multiform , and partake of the peculiarities which each part of Tlindostan holds up to his view . Nominally ,
his career of griffinage is a year , a month , a week , and a day ; but in these days of very superior education in England , there are , I believe , fewer mistakes made by the young adventurers in the East now than in times gone by . An infinite number of ludicrous tales might be recounted of the exploits of griffins , some almost exceeding belief . ] NTot devoid of amusement are tho following : —A young gentleman , on his way to join his station some years ago , being on board a budgerow on the river Hooghly , observed what is a too