[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) › c10.97 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.97 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.97 - **Language:** English ### [c10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.97) 1754.—"In the evening excursions . . . we had often observed an extraordinary species of birds, called by the natives \*Argill\* or \*Hargill\*, a native of Bengal. They would majestically stalk along before us, and at first we took them for Indians naked . . . The following are the exact marks and dimensions. . . . The wings extended 14 feet and 10 inches. From the tip of the bill to the extremity of the claw it measured 7 feet 6 inches. . . . In the craw was a Terapin or land-tortoise, 10 inches long; and a large black male cat was found entire in its stomach."—\*Ives\*, 183-4. - [Previous: c10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.96) - [Next: c10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.98) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.97) · Pramāṇa