Only for sport in open country or high grass jungle is the cage-like howdah employed.
She had gone alone with him in his howdah to the Moti Mahal, when every other elephant had carried more than two persons.
Yasmini and Tess rode part of the way on an elephant, lying full-length in the hooded howdah with a view of all the country-side, starting before dawn and resting through the long heat of the day.
Utirupa led the way in a golden howdah on Akbar, the biggest elephant in captivity and the very archetype of sobriety ever since his escapade with Tom Tripe's rum.
Yasmini, up in the howdah now beside Tess on the elephant, "the guns of the gods!
It must be remembered that a howdah may be subjected to the most severe strain, especially should a tiger spring upon the head of an elephant, and the animal exert its prodigious strength to throw off its assailant.
The howdah is simply for shooting, as you can fire in any direction, which is impossible from any other contrivance where the rider sits in a constrained position.
Twice I had endeavoured to raise my rifle, and I had been thrown violently against the howdah rail, which had fortunately withstood the shock.
It must be remembered that the howdah is not adapted for travelling, as there is a disagreeable swinging motion inseparable from its position upon the elephant's back which is not felt upon either the pad or the char-jarma.
This man assured me that the elephant was dependable; I accordingly accepted him, and he was ordered to carry the howdah throughout the expedition.
The weight of a good roomy howdahshould not exceed two hundredweight, or at the outside 230 pounds.
This had established an immediate panic, and the elephant bolted at full speed, destroying the howdah utterly beneath the branches of a tree; fortunately there was no occupant, or he would certainly have been killed.
The howdah ought to be lashed upon the elephant by six folds of the strong cotton rope described, tightened most carefully before starting.
The howdah is the only accepted arrangement for sporting purposes, and much attention is necessary in its construction, as the greatest strength should be combined with lightness.
Rosamond had stood very steadily, but she was terribly rough to ride, and the howdah swung about like a boat in a choppy sea.
At the gate the king climbs from the howdah into a midwall opening and ascends to the barbican.
The king, his mahout and two of his guard come into the garden; slaves having placed the war howdah upon Gisco, they take their places, and the elephant lumbers off towards the great gate.
Chalginna, who has seen the king in the howdah borne by Gisco, jumps to the back of the fallen elephant, but slips and falls within reach of his trunk; his left arm is seized and broken, almost wrenched from its socket.
Illustration: Howdah shooting] The biggest tigers the writer has heard of are one of 13 ft.
Shooting from a howdah is an art which requires practice, and many a good rifle-shot on foot finds himself missing hideously when he first tries shooting off an elephant.
We usually took it in turn to fire first, and as it was the Maharajah’s shot, and our elephants were standing side by side, I leant over my howdah and touched his arm.
It is all very fine for the sportsman to take a charge, standing in a howdah perched on the back of a large tusker; but it is a very different thing for the opium-sodden nerves of an unarmed mahout riding a small timid pad elephant.
Illustration: Hogdeer shooting] It is usually shot when beating the large tracts of grass in the Doon and Terai with a line of elephants, and affords pretty snap shooting from a howdah when better game is not expected.
If the tiger is marked into a particular bush, the line may be halted, and the howdah elephants alone be taken up to engage him; but until the mahouts have thorough confidence in the guns a fight is better avoided.
All this tends to make a Nepalese tiger ring an interesting and an exciting show, even before the tiger charges the howdah elephants, which he seems to recognise at once as the real enemies he has to fear.
Never will the writer forget seeing a lot go off in a howdah during a tiger beat: the poor old elephant went streaking across country like a glorified comet.
Now began a performance that I never like, and for which the only excuse is the fear--a very real one--that if the howdah elephants get mauled they no longer remain absolutely staunch and reliable.
The Maharajah and I then entered the ring, and took up a position on our howdah elephants, between where we thought the tiger was lying hid and the heaviest cover.
The howdah was a regal affair, such as native princes affect on state occasions.
Then he saw the dog and its owner, and hastily dropping from the howdah pushed over beside Lord Victor, saying: "Get back on your elephant.
Ever since he had taken Marie in his arms to put her in the howdah he had felt her head against his shoulder; had seen the heavy sweep of black hair that was curiously shot with silver.
The girl groaned as the missiles fell into the howdahupon the helpless shape of Costobarus, who did not lift a hand to fend off the stones.
From out the howdah he took a heavy leather pad, which he adjusted over the fore skull of the elephant, and gave a command.
Those who saw the curtained howdahtook it for granted that some unsuccessful candidate was returning to her home.
He claims that he saw the king's turban in a howdahwhich passed the ancient gate about an hour gone.
After a while the hand clutching the howdah blanket slid under and finally nestled beneath the owner's chin.
As the tiger sprang with me into the jungle Simcoe leaped down from the howdah and followed.
Simcoe, it seems, was riding in the howdah on an elephant behind mine.
How could anybody think of confinement in a taxicab when he might ride in the elephant's howdah of that top platform, enjoying mortal superiority over surrounding humanity?
One of the state elephants threw up its trunk, and started at a wild gallop across the plain, and a man was seen to fall from the howdah as it started.
Hawksworth studied the closed howdah and wondered why the "honor" seemed to leave him with such an uneasy feeling.
Suddenly the howdah shuddered, throwing him sprawling against the side.
Its covering was even more lavish than that of the queen's mount, and its howdah was emblazoned with the Imperial standard of Arangbar, a long-tailed lion crouching menacingly in front of a golden sun face.
Hawksworth rose to stand beside her, grasping the side of the rocking howdah and inhaling the cold morning air.
He vainly reached to seize the side of Jadar's howdah to regain his balance, but his foot skidded and he slipped backward .
She stared over the side of the steelhowdah again.
Her howdah was completely enclosed with curtains, which now flapped lightly in the midday breeze.
Arangbar fell silent, and Hawksworth leaned back in his howdah as it rocked gently along.
Hawksworth vaulted into the howdah and the entire world suddenly seemed to shudder as her mahout signaled Kumada to rise.
She ducked down and stared wildly around the howdah as an arrow grazed by.
In the center moved a large black elephant, heavily armored and bearing a steel howdah decorated with ornate gilding.
When Hawksworth shouted at him to start, he hesitated for a moment, then flung his barbed iron ankus into their howdah and plunged for the grass.
Shirin slumped against the side of the howdah and dropped her bow.
As though in a dream, Hawksworth leveled the long barrel of his matchlock against the rim of the howdah and took aim.
Jadar's first and favorite wife, Mumtaz, seemed to scorn all these comforts, displaying herself regally all day long from atop her own personal elephant, riding in a gold howdah shaded by a vast tapestry umbrella.
Then, suddenly, the branch of a tree caught the howdah in the middle and swept it clear.
But Nelson's agonized attention was not on the assembled armies, for nearer came the mountainous diplodocus, its lumbering strides making the howdah sway like a ship in a gale and preventing use of the portable retortii.
One of the stricken men for a moment dangled with the last of his strength from one of the chains securing the howdah to the enormous creature's back, then tumbled heavily some forty feet to the earth.
But, to his inexpressible dismay, the monster presently resumed its ponderous progress while the Jarmuthians in the howdah uttered taunting yells that reached him faintly, while the sun flares glinted on their brandished swords and lances.
We could see the peon in the howdahleaning over the front bar, and eagerly peering into the recesses of the thicket before him.
Many of the old fashioned howdahs are far too heavy; a firm, strong howdah should not weigh more than 28 lbs.
The jungle was very light, and much trodden down, our three howdah elephants were not far apart, and we were chatting cheerfully together and discussing the incidents of the day.
The howdah swayed wildly, and the peon clung tenaciously on to the top bar with all his desperate might.
There is an irregular line of stately elephants, each with its toweringhowdah and dusky mahout, moving slowly along through the rustling reeds.
The elephant was rushing directly under this tree, and a large branch would have swept howdah and everything it contained clean off the elephant's back, as easily as one would brush off a fly.
Outside should be a strong iron step, to get out and in by easily, and a strong iron ring, through which to pass the rope that binds the howdah to the elephant.
In thehowdah we carry ample supplies of vesuvians.
After this he stood quietly enough while the ropes were unlaced from the howdah ready for hoisting the tiger on to the elephant's back.
I shall begin skinning it at once, Sahib," said Sree quietly; "but I want you to get back into the howdah and keep a good watch.
Sree leaned over the back of the howdah and took the boys' guns from their hands.
Sul uttered a terrific blast and continued his course, shuffling along at a tremendous pace, forcing those who rode in the howdah to think of nothing but preserving their position and keeping the guns from being shaken out.
The base of the howdah was a platform on which stood attendants to drive off the flies and fan the air.
The howdah was of silver, beautifully decorated with cloth of gold, the gorgeous housings reaching to the ground.
The Shah was soon after observed leaving the gates of the city on an elephant, the howdah of which was of solid silver.
His Majesty was, as usual, borne on an elephant, the howdah of which was of silver, and the caparisons crimson and gold.
There was the lady's camel, with a howdah on its back hung with curtains of damask and gold.
The howdah too, which was loosely slung upon the creature's back, only added to the naturally uncomfortable motion.
To fill up a gap on his title-page he inserts a picture of an elephant with a howdah on his back.
They range from the twin shields of Veldener and Gerard Leeu to such imposing devices as the elephant and howdah used, with punning intent, by an unknown printer ('G.
One of those on the recto has a common original with that of an elephant with a howdah in Doesborgh's 'Van Pape Jans landendes.
At the same moment the weight of the tiger on the howdah caused the girths to give way; and Charlie, Tim and the tiger fell together on the ground.
Then they placed Táhirih and her companions in an uncovered howdah and carried them from the town to an open field, where they put the captives out.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "howdah" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
