Sport And Work On The Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Rem

Chapter 15

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Jungle wild fruits.--Curious method of catching quail.--Quail nets. --Quail caught in a blacksmith's shop.--Native wrestling.--The trainer. --How they train for a match.--Rules of wrestling.--Grips.--A wrestling match.--Incidents of the struggle.--Description of a match between a Brahmin and a blacksmith.--Sparring for the grip.--The blacksmith has it.--The struggle.--The Brahmin getting the worst of it.--Two to one on the little 'un!--The Brahmin plays the waiting game, turns the tables _and_ the blacksmith.--Remarks on wrestling.