10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BHEESTY»
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bheesty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The general East India guide and vade-mecum, a digest of ...
Hindoos will, nevertheless, drink of the water supplied from the mussock, (or
bheesty-bag) ; though they are extremely partial to such as they can draw
themselves, by means of a line and metal pot, with which most travellers are
provided.
John Borthwick Gilchrist, Thomas Williamson (capt.), 1825
2
The General East India Guide and Vade Mecum: For the Public ...
Hindoos will, nevertheless, drink of the water supplied from the mussock, (or
bheesty-bag) ; though they are extremely partial to such as they can draw
themselves, by means of a line and metal pot, with which most travellers are
provided.
John Borthwick Gilchrist, 1825
3
The General East-India Guide and Vade-mecum ... in British ...
Hindoos will, neverthelessndrink of the water supplied from the mussoclc, (or
bheesty-bag) ; though the}r are extremely partial to such as they can draw
themselves, by means of a line and metal pot, with which most travellers are
provided.
John-Borthwick Gilchrist, 1825
4
Nugæ Indicæ, selected from Zech. Oriel's note book
If, as it is said, the poor are the world's feet, then is the bheesty's mother a toenail
— a corn upon a small toe, for she has positively sounded the nadir depths of
poverty. She lives as birds die, out of sight, but dies with great circumstance.
Philip Stewart Robinson, 1873
5
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India
N.B.—We never knew a drunken bheesty. 1878.—“Here comes a seal carrying a
por— poise on its back. No! it is only our friend the bheesty.”—In my Indian
Garden, 79. [1898 “Of all them black—faced crew, The finest man I knew Was our
...
Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher, 2013
6
The East India Vade-Mecum Or Complete Guide to Gentlemen ...
The hand-bheesty usually sinks his bag under water, when it soon fills. When
drawing water from the wells, the leather bucket, called a dole, is used by both
the puckaully and the hand- bheesty. The constant application of a wet skin to the
...
Thomas H. Williamson, 1810
7
The East India vade-mecum; or, complete guide to gentlemen ...
Every puckaully carries alsp a small bag, that he may serve as an ordinary ' hand
-bheesty,' when required. This is made of the skin of a goat, taken off in a
particular manner. Being put into a solution of lime, the hair soon quits ; when the
inside ...
Thomas Williamson (capt.), 1810
8
The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India ...
Mate-bearer... ... Five rupees. Pnlkee-bearers ..r Four rupees each. Bheesty ...
Five rupees. Mihtur From three to four rupees. Dhobee Six rupees. Tailor Six
rupees. Peon or chupprassy Five rupees. Syce Five rupees. Grasscutter Three
rupees.
9
The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and ...
C. C. Pigott,18th N.I., to assume temporary ccommand of recruit dep6t at Meerut,
and to entertain an establishment of two tent lascars for depot, and one bheesty
for each company ; date 15th Oct. Brigadier H. Bowen, and Brigadier Major C.
10
Overland, inland, and upland: a lady's notes of personal ...
There is generally a narrow flight of steps outside for the bheesty and mehtar,
who can thus come up to discharge their duties without entering the house — a
double benefit, as it saves their traversing the rooms, and prevents their pilfering
...
