Note 1 — Chapter VIII · FIRST VISIT TO A ZENANA.
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The writer herself so alarmed two yoked oxen by her appearance that, with a violent plunge, they freed themselves from their yoke. At another time, passing on the road a large beast led by a man, its restive appearance made her call out to him, “Is it nat-kat?” “No; it is frightened!” was the reply.