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***includes a segment at 3.16 on the Khatnaoo, an inflatable bullock skin used for water travel (may also be called a Dareyi)
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZWImTqW5s The British Empire and India (part 2 of 2)]
 ===Means of transport===*[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll123/id/78892/rec/156 Photograph: Missionary being taken up hill on a litter [dandy<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Darjeeling, ca.1890] Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland. USC Digital Library. Hobson Jobson page 296 [http://www.archive.org/stream/hobsonjobson029985mbp#page/n349/mode/2up Dandy, dandi]*Inflated animal skins===**The Khatnaoo, an inflatable bullock skin used for water travel (may also be called a Dareyi)***C 1857 Illustration: [https://archive.org/stream/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog#page/n153/mode/2up page 125] ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal'' by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org*** See Youtube video above "The British Empire and India (part 1 of 2)"** A smaller inflated sheepskin, usually used as a water-carrier's bag: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001679470b?urlappend=%3Bseq=121 Illustration: Our Bath] [swimming pool] with a description on [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001679470b?urlappend=%3Bseq=124page 124] of an inflated sheep’s hide, used for fun in the pool. '' "Curry & Rice," on Forty Plates, or, The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India'' by‬ George Francklin Atkinson 1858 Hathi Trust. Note: Illustration can be rotated.
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