The Hunting Grounds of the Old WorldSaunders, Otley & Company, 1860 - 520 páginas |
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... hundred yards distant . It was a glorious sight , and I felt my heart thump against my ribs as I gazed for some seconds , too full of admiration to think of firing , when Walter , touching my shoulder , whispered , " They are too far ...
... hundred yards distant . It was a glorious sight , and I felt my heart thump against my ribs as I gazed for some seconds , too full of admiration to think of firing , when Walter , touching my shoulder , whispered , " They are too far ...
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... hundred yards when you fired , but you were not quick enough , and as it has failed to stop him , we will first ' pay the last offices to the fallen , ' and then sent Ponto on his track , for I feel sure he is hard hit , and if we do ...
... hundred yards when you fired , but you were not quick enough , and as it has failed to stop him , we will first ' pay the last offices to the fallen , ' and then sent Ponto on his track , for I feel sure he is hard hit , and if we do ...
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... hundred yards from the cover from which they had broken . As soon as they heard the tramp of our horses approaching , they increased their speed , and a D huge gray boar fell back to the rear , champing of the Old World . 33.
... hundred yards from the cover from which they had broken . As soon as they heard the tramp of our horses approaching , they increased their speed , and a D huge gray boar fell back to the rear , champing of the Old World . 33.
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... hundred yards in advance . I knew another " yawner " was ahead , and took a pull of my horse , so as to get him more in hand , and gather him together for the leap . This let N- and C- get a couple of lengths - ahead , and S-- and T ...
... hundred yards in advance . I knew another " yawner " was ahead , and took a pull of my horse , so as to get him more in hand , and gather him together for the leap . This let N- and C- get a couple of lengths - ahead , and S-- and T ...
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... hundred and fifty yards from the village , near which a woman was said to have been carried off by the tiger the day before , as she was drawing water in the even- ing about dusk . I examined the place attentively , and although the ...
... hundred and fifty yards from the village , near which a woman was said to have been carried off by the tiger the day before , as she was drawing water in the even- ing about dusk . I examined the place attentively , and although the ...
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The Hunting Grounds of the Old World (Classic Reprint) Henry Astbury Leveson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Hunting Grounds of the Old World Henry Astbury Leveson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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amongst animal appeared Arab arrived bamboo bank Bashi-Bazouk bear beaters beautiful bison Bône Bowani brute bush carried cheroots Chineah Circassian colour coolies couple covered dark dead deep deer dense dogs double rifle dubties elephants eyes feet fell fire followed forest gang gave Googooloo Gooroo Gooty grunt hand head heard herd hill horses huge ibex Indian jungle killed kind Kistimah knew let drive light lion look low country matchlocks miles morning mountain mounted Mulchers Naga nautch nearly night noise nullah Ooty paces party passed peafowl Philippeville pugs ravine rest returned rifle roar rock rolled round route sambur seen shekar shekarry short distance shot shoulder side skin soon spoor sport spot steep strange tent tiger took trail tree tribe Trichinopoly turned tusker village Westley Richards whilst wild woods wounded
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Página 30 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In...