[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) › c10.408 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.408 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.408 - **Language:** English ### [c10.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.408) c. 1292.—“Angamanain is a very large Island. The people are without a King and are idolators, and are no better than wild beasts . . . they are a most cruel generation, and eat everybody that they can catch if not of their own race.”—\*Marco Polo\*, Bk. iii. c. 13. - [Previous: c10.407](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.407) - [Next: c10.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.409) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.408) · Pramāṇa