I prouder grew and prouder."

H. M. Parker, in Bengal Annual, 119.

1856.—

"But she, the gallant lady, holding fast

With one soft arm the jewelled howdah's side,

Still with the other circles tight the babe

Sore smitten by a cruel shaft ..."

The Banyan Tree, a Poem.

1863.—"Elephants are also liable to be disabled ... ulcers arise from neglect or carelessness in fitting on the howdah."—Sat. Review, Sept. 6, 312.

HUBBA, s. A grain; a jot or tittle. Ar. ḥabba.