The Hunting Grounds of the Old WorldSaunders, Otley & Company, 1860 - 520 páginas |
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... miles from our cantonments . Walter , who commanded the company to which I was attached , had been my Mentor in all duty matters from the day I first joined the regiment , and he now undertook to initiate me in the mys- teries of ...
... miles from our cantonments . Walter , who commanded the company to which I was attached , had been my Mentor in all duty matters from the day I first joined the regiment , and he now undertook to initiate me in the mys- teries of ...
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... miles in circum- ference in the rainy season , and passing by the princely palace of the Resident of Hydrabad , we arrived at the bungalow of Captain M. the As- sistant resident , with whom we breakfasted ; and having rested a few hours ...
... miles in circum- ference in the rainy season , and passing by the princely palace of the Resident of Hydrabad , we arrived at the bungalow of Captain M. the As- sistant resident , with whom we breakfasted ; and having rested a few hours ...
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... miles , becoming instantly tame ; but if it has once followed its dam , for ever so small a time before you found it , it will never follow a human being . The female does not cohabit with the male until three years old , and never has ...
... miles , becoming instantly tame ; but if it has once followed its dam , for ever so small a time before you found it , it will never follow a human being . The female does not cohabit with the male until three years old , and never has ...
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... miles ; be silent as the grave ; when you step on stones or dry leaves , & c . , tread as lightly as a ghost ; keep under cover ; exercise extreme judgment in approaching your game , which is a happy mixture of wary caution combined ...
... miles ; be silent as the grave ; when you step on stones or dry leaves , & c . , tread as lightly as a ghost ; keep under cover ; exercise extreme judgment in approaching your game , which is a happy mixture of wary caution combined ...
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... , a village about twelve miles distant , where our tents and best cross - country horses had been des- patched the day previous . Our shekarries and beaters had marked down several sounders ( herds ) of 28 The Hunting Grounds.
... , a village about twelve miles distant , where our tents and best cross - country horses had been des- patched the day previous . Our shekarries and beaters had marked down several sounders ( herds ) of 28 The Hunting Grounds.
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The Hunting Grounds of the Old World (Classic Reprint) Henry Astbury Leveson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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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