Sketches of Indian field sports : with observations on the animals ; also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants ; with a description of the art of catching serpents, as practised by the conjoors and their method of curing themselves when bitten with remarks on hydrophobia and rabid animals / by Daniel Johnson.

  • Daniel Johnson
Date:
1827
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Credit: Sketches of Indian field sports : with observations on the animals ; also an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants ; with a description of the art of catching serpents, as practised by the conjoors and their method of curing themselves when bitten with remarks on hydrophobia and rabid animals / by Daniel Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IG J)ER(:]UPTION OF A HUIsQl^AH. one of the burrows, thus lying horizontally and at right angles witli the point where the rope is to be drawn tig;ht. The earth being return- ‘‘ ed to the excavation, renders it utterly impos- ‘‘ sible to force up the pin even in loose soil. The “ bottom, or ground-line of the net, is drawn as “ tight as several men can strain it, but the “ upper rope is left somewhat slacker; it being “ required to deviate considerably from its right line, by the height to which it is raised by the ‘‘ distending poles, which should be as few as possible. These are all fixed on that side of “ the net which is next the game. The sudden “ jerk occasioned by an animal rushing at speed against the toil, gives a spring to the upper “ line, and relieves the poles sufficiently to allow ‘‘ the net to fall to the ground, where the upper and lower ropes collapse, and prevent the game “ from retreating. Such as attempt to run along ‘‘ the net become more and more entangled, espe- daily deer with horns, which are necessarily “ more straightened tlian others.” When die nets w’^ere all set, jilatforms w'ei’e raised near each extremity of them, in the fol- lowing maimer:—Four poles, of about twenty three feet long, were firmly fixed in the gixnmd.