Chapter TAPTEE R to TATTOO of T by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

be got for 25 rupees each horseman upon an average; but, I believe, when they receive only this sum they muster tattoos.…From 30 to 35 rupees each horse is the sum paid to the best horsemen.”—Wellington, iii. 174.

1808.—“These tut, hoos are a breed of small ponies, and are the most useful and hardy little animals in India.”—Broughton’s Letters, 156; [ed. 1892, 117].

1810.—“Every servant…goes share in some tattoo…which conveys his luggage.”—Williamson, V.M. i. 311.

1824.—“Tattoos. These are a kind of small, cat-hammed, and ill-looking ponies; but they are hardy and walk faster than oxen.”—Seely, Wonders of Ellora, ch. ii.

1826.—“…when I mounted on my tattoo, or pony, I could at any time have commanded the attendance of a dozen grooms, so many pressed forward to offer me their services.”—Pandurang Hari, 21; [ed. 1873, i. 28].

[1830.—“Mounting our tats, we were on the point of proceeding homewards.…—Oriental Sport. Mag., ed. 1873, i. 437.]

c. 1831.—“…mon tattou est fort au dessous de la taille d’un arabe.…”—Jacquemont, Corresp. i. 347.

c. 1840.

“With its bright brass patent axles, and its little hog-maned tatts,
And its ever jetty harness, which was always made by Watts.…”

A few lines in honour of the late Mr. Simms, in Parker’s Bole Ponjis, 1851, ii. 215.

1853.—“…Smith’s plucky proposal to run his notable tat, Pickles.”—Oakfield, i. 94.

1875.—“You young Gentlemen rode over on your tats, I suppose? The Subaltern’s tat—that is the name, you know, they give to a pony in this country—is the most useful animal you can imagine.”—The Dilemma, ch. ii.