Hindustani Manual A Pocket Companion For All Those Who Visit India In Any Capacity Intended To Facilitate The Essential Attainments Of Conversing Wi

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...fastened around him a tiger's akin, and said, "At the time of night go you into the garden to graze, and do not make any noise." Even so, every night the ass in the tiger's skin used to go into the garden. "Whenever the people saw him by night, they used to think for certain that this was a tiger. One night the gardener himself saw him, and from fear he went up into a tree. In the mean time, another ass which was itt tllat neighbourhood made a noise, and the ass of the washerman, on hearing that, also raised his voice, and began to bray in the manner of all asses. The gardener, on hearing his noise, discovered what he was. He came down from the tree, and having thoroughly beaten the ass, he drove him out of the garden. Hence, on this subject the wise men have Mi id, "for the asses silence is best." HINDI AND URDU DIALECTS. Lesson 42.--Dialects. The following extract from St. Luke's Gospel (xv., "i dialects of ihe 11-24) will serve to show the difference between the two dialects of ths Hindustani, which we noticed at the commencement of this little work.. The Hindi version is taken from the " New Testament, altered from Martyn's Urdu translation into the Hinduwl language dialect, by the Rev. Wm. Bowley," Calcutta, 1826. The Urdu is from the " Now Testament, translated into the Hindustani language Urdu dialect, by the Rev. H. Martyu," printed in London, 1819. Exercise.--A certain merchant had a friend who was deaf. By chance the merchant, fell ill. The deaf man went to inquire fter_his health, and while going aleng the road, he made up-bandyd) in his own mind this discourse: --" After salutaTTl!n71 will first ask this, i Well sir, how are you?' he will say ' Better: ' and I shall rejoin...