Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with the strongest allusion which their manners could suggest, that all care and anxiety were buried in the trans- ports of the chace, a man then forget- ting that he had a family and was a father. A hunting-party frequently consists of not fewer than two hundred horse- men. The horses of Celebes, though small, seldom exceeding thirteen hands high, are larger and unite a greater share of blood and strength than any other breed of the Indian islands. They are regularly trained to hunt, are not encumbered by any useless weight, be- ing ridden bare-backed, and possess considerable fleetness and still more perseverance. The hunter is armed