The Hunting Grounds of the Old WorldSaunders, Otley & Company, 1860 - 520 páginas |
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... seen that our tents were properly pitched and our horses firmly picketed , we accom- panied the Killadar to his quarters in the fort , the ascent of which is very steep , and almost imprac- ticable for horses , and he took us round the ...
... seen that our tents were properly pitched and our horses firmly picketed , we accom- panied the Killadar to his quarters in the fort , the ascent of which is very steep , and almost imprac- ticable for horses , and he took us round the ...
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... seen the fresh slots . I was so impatient to get on the trail , and plunge at once , as it were , in medias res , that I have omitted to describe the sambur , and also to point out the properties requisite for a deer - stalker . This ...
... seen the fresh slots . I was so impatient to get on the trail , and plunge at once , as it were , in medias res , that I have omitted to describe the sambur , and also to point out the properties requisite for a deer - stalker . This ...
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... seen some days previously , but it proved " a blank ; " and the day after , " our leave being up , " we had to bid adieu to our native friends and return to canton- ment . CHAPTER II . HOG - HUNTING . The fortress of 22 The Hunting Grounds.
... seen some days previously , but it proved " a blank ; " and the day after , " our leave being up , " we had to bid adieu to our native friends and return to canton- ment . CHAPTER II . HOG - HUNTING . The fortress of 22 The Hunting Grounds.
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... seen except in " land of the cedar and vine . " His last expiring rays tinged the whole of the heavens , from the western horizon to the zenith , with indescribably beautiful gold and crimson hues , and striking upon the numerous gilt ...
... seen except in " land of the cedar and vine . " His last expiring rays tinged the whole of the heavens , from the western horizon to the zenith , with indescribably beautiful gold and crimson hues , and striking upon the numerous gilt ...
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... seen scouring over the ground at a tolerable pace , some four 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 ...
... seen scouring over the ground at a tolerable pace , some four 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 ...
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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 |
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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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...