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Title: Bengal Dacoits and Tigers

Author: Maharanee Sunity Devee

Release Date: January 18, 2010 [EBook #10928]

Language: English

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BENGAL DACOITS AND TIGERS

by

Maharanee Sunity Devee, C.I.
of Cooch Behar

Contents

Dacoit Stories

The Jhee's Discovery
Trapped by a Cobra
Saved by a Bear
Raghu Dacoit
Girl as Kali-Ma
The Deputy Magistrate
All for Nothing
A Punjabee Dacoit
A Child's Experience
Two Chinese Dacoits
An Unfaithful Servant

Tiger Stories

The Bearer's Fate
Through the Roof
Earning the Reward
A Burmese Monster
The Palki and the Tiger
An Assam Adventure
A Thrilling Story
A Cachar Tiger
A Maharajah's Adventures

PART I

Dacoit Stories

The Jhee's Discovery

It was the month of Jaishta (May-June) in Bengal, and the earth
languished under the scorching rays of the sun and sent up a voiceless
prayer to the Rain God to come soon and refresh the fields and jungles
with the welcome "barsat" (rainy season).

Yet, in spite of the intense heat, a young and delicately nurtured
Bengali lady was travelling. She was on her way to pay a visit to
her parents-in-law, for after marriage the bride returns to her
childhood's home and remains there, paying visits from time to time
to her husband's home until the day comes when she goes to live there.

It is a Bengali custom that ladies, especially young ladies, must
always wear their jewellery, even when travelling. Arms, wrists,
neck and ankles, bare of jewels, are a sign of widowhood or dire
po