First Impressions And Studies From Nature in Hindostan Embracing An Outline of
First Impressions And Studies From Nature in Hindostan Embracing An Outline of
Bacon, Thomas, 1813-1892
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A palki is no more like a sedan, no more like a chair than Sam. Johnson was like the Thames Tunnel : it might just as well have been described as a seaman's chest, or a flour-bin ; nay, this would 126 CALCUTTA. have been much nearer the mark ; I will take either of them to work upon. Nail down the lid ; cut a square hole in each of the longer sides of sufficient dimensions to admit the person, and put sliding doors thereto ; to each of the other sides, a little above the centre of the panel, af...fix a pole about five feet in length ; cover the whole with leather, or paint and varnish it, and you will have a very tolerable representation of a palki. It is borne upon the shoulders of four black men, who are bred to the office, and who perform their hard duty with astonishing activity and long-suffering. A dak stage is usually from 12 to 16 miles, and to perform this eight men only are requisite, and these relieve each other alternately about every quarter of a mile ; but for the purpose of running about Calcutta, it is not necessary to employ more than four men.
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