[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.204 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.204 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.204 - **Language:** English ### [c10.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.204) 1539.—"All along this River, that was not very broad, there were a number of Lizards (lagartos), which might more properly be called Serpents . . . with scales upon their backs, and mouths two foot wide . . . . there be of them that will sometimes get upon an almadia . . . and overturn it with their tails, swallowing up the men whole, without dismembering of them."—\*Pinto, in Cogan's tr. 17 (orig. cap. xiv.)\* - [Previous: c10.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.203) - [Next: c10.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.205) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.204) · Pramāṇa