. Indian historical studies . e lowlanders have a story of apeculiar whistling sound (probably due to a kind oflizard) which they attribute to an evil spirit. It issaid to be dangerous, and is much dreaded by thevillagers, who declare that it leaps upon the passer-by and strangles him. It is invulnerable except toa silver bullet—a potent weapon in all notices that demoniac possession, as in India,was not uncommon, the possessed person remaining Speechless, shaking, quaking, and dancing, and willtread upon the fire and not be hurt; they will alsotalk idle, like distracted folk. K
. Indian historical studies . e lowlanders have a story of apeculiar whistling sound (probably due to a kind oflizard) which they attribute to an evil spirit. It issaid to be dangerous, and is much dreaded by thevillagers, who declare that it leaps upon the passer-by and strangles him. It is invulnerable except toa silver bullet—a potent weapon in all notices that demoniac possession, as in India,was not uncommon, the possessed person remaining Speechless, shaking, quaking, and dancing, and willtread upon the fire and not be hurt; they will alsotalk idle, like distracted folk. Knox had now been a prisoner for nearly fifteenyears. His companions had mostly resigned them-selves to their lot. The people were courteous andkind, food was plentiful, and many of them, support-ing their actions, Puritan - fashion, with Scripturetexts, had taken wives of the daughters of the them, as to Tennysons Lotus Eaters :— ]\Iost weary seemed the sea, weary the oar,Weary the wandering fields of barren foam,. A Dutch Fobt on the Ceylon hij the Author.) ITo face page 163. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT KNOX 163 and they had no desire to return, even at the priceof freedom, to the horrors of the seamans life in theseventeenth century. But Knox had never relinquishedhis hopes of escape. He refused any thoughts ofunion with a native woman, and, at the risk of hislife, even declined a tempting offer of employment atcourt. It began to be evident that the only way outof the Kings dominions lay to the north, where theroads were carelessly guarded, the attention of everyone being concentrated on the southern approaches,where the Dutch frontier forts provided a constantmenace. Knox was now less vigilantly watched thanbefore. The King had tired of him. He was wellknown among the people of the surrounding villages,where he and his companions, John Loveland andStephen Rutland,^ often went on protracted tours,pedling their goods. Gradually they extended thesetours t
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