bhisti

The "bhisti," or water-carriers attached to regiments in India, is often one of the most devoted subjects of the British crown, and he is much appreciated by the men.

Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

Behind me Wheeler was roaring, and I was grabbing for another musket, and then they were falling back, thank God, wheeling and riding back into the smoke, and the bhisti was at my elbow, thrusting his chaggle at my lips.

Fiancée 2010

Behind me Wheeler was roaring, and I was grabbing for another musket, and then they were falling back, thank God, wheeling and riding back into the smoke, and the bhisti was at my elbow, thrusting his chaggle at my lips.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

Behind me Wheeler was roaring, and I was grabbing for another musket, and then they were falling back, thank God, wheeling and riding back into the smoke, and the bhisti was at my elbow, thrusting his chaggle at my lips.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

The name of the bhisti was Juma, and so gallantly did he behave in action at Delhi, calmly carrying water to the wounded and dying under the most tremendous fire, that the soldiers themselves said:

The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

The sound of a perpetual muffin-bell was ringing backwards and forwards -- the _bhisti_ of Tangier, with his hairy goatskinful of water across his back, and two bright brass bowls hung by

In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory

And so the highest distinction open to an Indian soldier was bestowed on Juma the bhisti; and further, the soldiers petitioned that he should be enlisted and serve in the ranks as a soldier, and no longer be menially employed.

The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

Mr. Rudyard Kipling's poem about Gunga Din the _bhisti_, or water-carrier, who by the unanimous verdict of the soldiers was voted the bravest man in the battle.

The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

[5] The _bhisti_, or water-carrier, attached to regiments in India, is often one of the most devoted of the Queen's servants.

Modern British Poetry Louis Untermeyer 1931

Many years ago Colonel Marshall recorded the case of a nest at Naini Tal "at the side of a narrow glen with a northern aspect and about four feet above the pathway, close to a spring from which my _bhisti_ daily draws water, the bird sitting fearlessly while passed and repassed by people going down the glen within a foot or two of the nest."

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916