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BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA

A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in Their Relations with the People

by

JOHN LOCKWOOD KIPLING, C.I.E.

With Illustrations

London Macmillan and Co., Limited New York: The Macmillan Company 1904

"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and
self-contained
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of
owning things."

WALT WHITMAN.

TO THE OTHER THREE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

1. INTRODUCTORY 1

2. OF BIRDS 16

3. OF MONKEYS 56

4. OF ASSES 75

5. OF GOATS AND SHEEP 87

6. OF COWS AND OXEN 103

7. OF BUFFALOES AND PIGS 154

8. OF HORSES AND MULES 164

9. OF ELEPHANTS 207

10. OF CAMELS 244

11. OF DOGS, FOXES, AND JACKALS 261

12. OF CATS 282

13. OF ANIMAL CALLS 288

14. OF ANIMAL TRAINING 292

15. OF REPTILES 303

16. OF ANIMALS IN INDIAN ART 320

17. OF BEAST FIGHTS 344

18. OF ANIMALS AND THE SUPERNATURAL 352

ILLUSTRATIONS

CALIGRAPHIC TIGER _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ _Dedication_

PAGE

BIRD SCARING _J. L. Kipling_ 15

INITIAL (A PUNJAB WINDOW) _Amir Bakhsh_ 16

THE PARROT'S CAGE _J. L. Kipling_ 18

A PERFORMING PARROT _do._ 21

A BIRD-SINGING MATCH (DELHI ARTISANS) _do._ 23

THE FAMILIAR CROW _do._ 28

CALF AND CROWS _do._ 29

TERRA-COTTA SEED AND WATER TROUGH (FROM A PUNJAB VILLAGE MOSQUE) 48

UNHOODED _F. H. Andrews_ 51

MONKEY GOD (FROM AN INDIAN LITHOGRAPH) 56

LANGŪRS AT HOME _J. L. Kipling_ 58

YOUNG MONKEYS AT PLAY _do._ 69

INITIAL LETTER (ASSES IN A CITY ALLEY) _do._ 76

THE POTTER AND HIS DONKEY _do._ 80

A HINDU SACRIFICIAL KNIFE _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ 87

A DOMESTIC SACRIFICE (MUHAMMADAN) _J. L. Kipling_ 89

ON THE DUSTY HIGHWAY _do._ 92

MILCH GOATS _do._ 94

A GUILTY GOAT _do._ 95

THE GOAT-SKIN WATER-BAG (MASHK) _J. L. Kipling_ 97

BHISTI, OR WATER-CARRIER _do._ 99

A SPORTING MAN _do._ 101

A BOMBAY MILK WOMAN _do._ 103

KRISHNA ADORED BY THE GOPIS (FROM AN INDIAN PICTURE) 112

KRISHNA DRIVES THE CATTLE HOME (FROM AN INDIAN PICTURE) 114

PUNJAB BAILI (SPRINGLESS OX-CART) _J. L. Kipling_ 117

COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE LARGEST AND SMALLEST BREEDS OF INDIAN OXEN _J. L. Kipling_ 118

THE BOMBAY REKLA _do._ 119

COW AND CALF _do._ 123

AT SUNSET _do._ 131

PLOUGHING _do._ 135

IN TIME OF DROUGHT _do._ 137

IN A GOOD SEASON _do._ 139

THE OILMAN'S OX _do._ 143

THE PERSIAN WHEEL _do._ 144

SHOEING AN OX _do._ 146

OOPLA (COW-DUNG FUEL) _do._ 148

GOING TO WORK (PUNJAB) _do._ 150

A RUSTIC KRISHNA _do._ 152

BUFFALOES _do._ 156

MAHESWAR FIGHTING KALI (FROM AN INDIAN LITHOGRAPH) 158

WAITING FOR THE WAZIR J. L. Kipling 164

IN TRAINING _do._ 170

INDIAN "THORN BITS" _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ 173

A PROCESSIONAL HORSE J. L. Kipling 175

A RAJA'S CHARGER (MARWAR BREED) _do._ 177

A RAJA'S HORSE (WAZIRI BREED) _J. L. Kipling_ 181

A MONEY-LENDER ON A DECCAN PONY _do._ 183

BOMBAY TRAM-HORSE WEARING HORSE-CAP _J. Griffiths_ 185

PUNJAB FARMER ON A BRANDED MARE _J. L. Kipling_ 187

THE EKKA, NORTHERN INDIA _do._ 191

AN INDIAN FARRIER _do._ 195

A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK (HINDU DEVOTEE) _do._ 203

THE WHEELS OF A MOUNTAIN BATTERY _do._ 205

FROM THE SANCHI TOPE _do._ 207

GANÉSHA (FROM AN ANCIENT HINDU SCULPTURE) _do._ 209

SHIV OR MAHADEO, WITH THE INFANT GANÉSH (FROM AN INDIAN LITHOGRAPH) 210

IF GANÉSHA STOOD _J. L. Kipling_ 212

AN ELEPHANT GOAD (ANKUS) _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ 227

UNDRESS _J. L. Kipling_ 229

A PAINTED ELEPHANT _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ 231

WAITING FOR THE RAJA _J. L. Kipling_ 234

IN ROYAL STATE _do._ 236

ELEPHANT PILING TIMBER (BURMAH) _do._ 240

ELEPHANT LIFTING TEAK LOGS (BURMAH) _do._ 241

BILOCH FAMILY ON THE MARCH _do._ 244

IN A SERAI (REST-HOUSE) _do._ 248

RAJPUT CAMEL-RIDER'S BELT _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ 249

RAJPUT CAMEL GUNS _J. L. Kipling_ 255

THE LEADING CAMEL OF A KAFILA (AFGHANISTAN) _do._ 259

A SUBALTERN'S DOG-BOY _do._ 261

OUTCASTES (A BEGGING LEPER AND PARIAH DOGS) _do._ 265

PLAYFELLOWS _do._ 268

IN FLOODTIME _do._ 280

A HUNTING CHEETAH _J. L. Kipling_ 294

A RESTLESS BEDFELLOW _do._ 296

A BEAR LEADER _do._ 298

PERFORMING MONKEYS AND GOAT _do._ 299

A PERFORMING BULL (MADRAS) _do._ 301

VISHNU RECLINING ON THE SERPENT (FROM AN INDIAN LITHOGRAPH) 303

A SNAKE-CHARMER _J. L. Kipling_ 316

INITIAL LETTER (DECORATIVE PARROTS) _do._ 320

MODERN ELEPHANT SCULPTURE, FROM THE TOMB OF SOWAI JAI SINGH, MAHARAJA OF JEYPORE _J. L. Kipling_ 324

BORAK. CALIGRAPHIC PICTURE COMPOSED OF PRAYERS _Mūnshi Sher Muhammad_ 325

SMALL WARES IN METAL _J. L. Kipling_ 330

BIRDS BY AN INDIAN DRAUGHTSMAN 332

A PERI ON A CAMEL _Bhai Isur Singh_ 333

KRISHNA ON AN ELEPHANT _do._ 334

KRISHNA ON A HORSE _do._ 335

NANDI OR SACRED BULL _J. L. Kipling_ 336

CATTLE BY AN UNKNOWN INDIAN ARTIST 338

A PUNJAB HEROINE (FROM AN INDIAN LITHOGRAPH) 342

ANTELOPES. AN INDIAN ARTIST'S FANTASY 343

BUFFALO BULLS FIGHTING _J. L. Kipling_ 344

A DYING BULLOCK (FINIS) _do._ 360