field diary 1832 deciphering problems

[JanSeifert]

37.1 - tattoos

tattoos as in pipe band?

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[JanSeifert]

41.1

»
us till we were so many
red herrings. We slept however
undisturbed & found the night
                                           [some?]
much warmer than usual (therm.   45),
and this morning we began
to move about 9. For an
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[JanSeifert]

42.1

this is just about the spelling, not the meaning

»
(Qui sungba)
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[JanSeifert]

48.1

»
The road down to the village was
covered with Iron [??] gravel
a few blocks of a sort of Laterite
were by the way side, but the stone
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[JanSeifert]

50m.1

»
A little child
that had been found
deserted in the
jungle, it was [??]
should be taken
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[JanSeifert]

That concludes the first 50 pages. I think I will put in after these a post of the unsolved ones (just 5!).
And the next step will be to find out how many pages there are alltogether

Thank you all for your input!

Jan

[arthurk]

37.1 - tattoos

tattoos as in pipe band?

I wasn't sure about the meaning when I wrote this, but I really couldn't see the word as anything else. Anyway, according to the trusty OED a tattoo is also a native-bred Indian pony - from a Hindi word ṭaṭṭū.

[JanSeifert]

37.1 - tattoos

tattoos as in pipe band?

I wasn't sure about the meaning when I wrote this, but I really couldn't see the word as anything else. Anyway, according to the trusty OED a tattoo is also a native-bred Indian pony - from a Hindi word ṭaṭṭū.

That is quite interesting!
I should find out if there is access to the OED at the University. Although there would be little use of the possibility out here in the field

Thank you! I owe you several good ales already 

Jan

[JanSeifert]

found that for टट्टू :https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/hindi-word-4b3cdd8edf60505f8e8e64d6a08880748607e902.html

j.