[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) › c10.584 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.584 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.584 - **Language:** English ### [c10.584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.584) 1648.—“The ordinary food of these Cafres is the flesh of this animal (the elephant), and four of them with their Assegais (in orig. ageagayes), which are a kind of short pike, are able to bring an elephant to the ground and kill it.”—Tavernier (ed. Ball), ii. 161, cf. ii. 295.\] - [Previous: c10.583](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.583) - [Next: c10.585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.585) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.584) · Pramāṇa