1768-71.—"Every house has likewise ... a harry-maid or matarani (see [MATRANEE]) who carries out the dirt; and a great number of slaves, both male and female."—Stavorinus, i. 523.
1781.—
| "2 Harries or Sweepers | 6 Rs. | |
| 2 Beesties | 8 Rs. | " |
Establishment ... under the Chief Magistrate of Banaris, in Appendix to Narr. of Insurrection there, Calcutta, 1782.
[1813.—"He was left to view a considerable time, and was then carried by the Hurries to the Golgotha."—Forbes, Or. Mem. 2nd ed. ii. 131.]
HATTY, s. Hind. hāthī, the most common word for an elephant; from Skt. hasta, 'the hand,' and hastī, 'the elephant,' come the Hind. words hāth and hāthī, with the same meanings. The analogy of the elephant's trunk to the hand presents itself to Pliny:
"Mandunt ore; spirant et bibunt odoranturque haud inproprie appellatâ manu."—viii. 10.
and to Tennyson:
"... camels knelt
Unbidden, and the brutes of mountain back