Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.677
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.677
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1658.—“Quadrupes hoc inusitatae figurae monstrosis bestiis ascribunt Indi quod adversae speciei animalibus, Porco scilicet et Cervo, pronatum putent . . . ita ut primo intuitu quatuor cornibus juxta se positis videatur armatum hoc animal Baby-Roussa.”—Piso, App. to Bontius, p. 61.