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much apparent superiority,, though it was manifest that 
the shorter was the stronger of the two. At length, 
the latter suddenly striking his heel in the joint of his 
adversary’s knee, and seizing him firmly by the hip at 
the same moment, gaye him a violent fall. The taller 
wrestler, by an active turn of the body, succeeded in 
preventing what in India as well as in England con- 
stitutes the triumph of wrestling, a fair back fall, and 
pitched with his shoulder upon the ground. Notwith- 
standing the force of the shock, he was on his legs in 
an instant, and approaching his antagonist, whom the 
late advantage appeared to have put somewhat off his 
guard, seized him with a vigorous grasp, and quick as 
lightning flung him completely over his head, but the 
man pitched upon his legs like a cat. 
The struggle was now renewed with increased en- 
ergy, yet the superior strength of the shorter wrest- 
ler was becoming more apparent ; — the other had evi- 
dently less stamina. He appeared distressed, and in 
proportion as he felt his energies decreasing, the more 
desperate became his struggles. Having, as it seemed, 
collected all his powers for one final effort, he lost 
his balance; the lesser champion, seeing his oppor- 
tunity, grasped him by the thigh behind with his left 
hand, and placing the right upon his chest, threw him 
upon his back with a force that seemed to shake every 
fibre of his frame. The man, however, rose in a 
moment, and with a disconcerted look made his salaam 
to the Rajah, then bounded from the arena with the ac- 
tivity and fleetness of an antelope, as if to show that 
he was nothing the worse for his exertions, however 
mortified he might feel at his defeat. 
