[An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies by Robert Knox]@TWC D-Link bookAn Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies PART I 96/117
Which when they see the light, stand still and stare upon it, seeing onely the light, and hearing nothing but the tingling of the bells. The eyes of the Deer or other Cattle first appear to them glittering like Stars of light or Diamonds: and by their long experience they will distinguish one Beast from another by their eyes.
All Creatures, as Deer, Hares, Elephants, Bears, &c.
excepting onely wild Hogs, will stand still, wondering at this strange sight, till the people come as near as they do desire, and so let fly their Arrows upon them.
And by this means they seldom go, but they catch something.
The blades of their hunting-Arrowes are at least a foot or a foot and an half long, and the length of the staff of their Arrowes is a Rian, that is about two cubits. Again, they will observe where a Deers haunt is to break over their Hedges into the Corn Grounds.
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