THE GOORKHAS.

Kumara Times, Issue 595, 24 August 1878, Page 2

THE GOORKHAS.

The worthy inhabitants of Malta will scarcely derive much asthetic delight from the personal appearance of the Goorkba re-jiment that shortly be among them. UaW hWond coni|ianson, with flat features and mere slits for eyes, these soldiers are t ,of stun'ed stature, frequently very bo"wlegged, and much too bro=id for their' height. But they are splendid' litjtle' fellows for fighting purposes, being very hardy, and eapable of enduring almost any amount of fatigue, deyotejlid' their officers, and c -mpletely devoid' qt even the instinct of fear. Armed oiily with their " kookeries"—broad-blaclfid, heavy kuive*,«>f fine temper, and sharp 5 ' a« razors—tli-v often go on foot into the jungle in quest of some man-eating titter, and if' the brute is brought to bay, it rm-ely e>capes with, its life., Bmlhists l>y faith, they hold in scopi-. the caste piescriptions of Hiudooism, and wh< n in our they ndcvjfe tnauv iif the customs of the English sml<li- i-y. Altogether a ruerry* tSd - is the Ghoorklia. in quarters; and'K?ltif ? in high esteem by th'« diets. But his greatest fighting to the death f->r the side wjjosa silt lie eats. Some years ag>>, duringOi.e of our expeditions irito tfiefc. Peshawur hills, a Goorklvi detachmWfe was skirmishing with the AfrejJeesTßnT the recall being sounded, three, pr four men who had taken, up favorabfe' t p^!|. 1 tiona declined to come back. There they remained, leisurely firing at the enemy until the Afredees smarmed, down in overwhelming force, and out flashed the wicked-look kookeries, \ aud there was some very prettV figging. Of course the plucky little 'MlMi#* were all killed, but not before ihe ground was considerably littered' wjth- - defunct Afredees.—-Loudon Globe. '-'&*-