Wild Sports of the World: A Boy's Book of Natural History and AdventureS.O. Beeton, 1862 - 426 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Africa amongst Andersson animal animal's appearance approach armed attack beast Bestiarii black rhinoceros blood body bones brute buffalo bull bullet bush Captain carcase carnivora Chaillu chamois CHARLES JOHN ANDERSSON chase chimpanzee claws corral creature crouched cunning dead death deer distance ears eland elephant eyes feet female fire flesh foot forest gemsbok giraffe gorilla grass ground hand head herd hide hippopotamus horns horse hundred hunter hunting hyæna inches Indian Indian rhinoceros jaws jungle kangaroo killed Lake Ngami leap length leopard limbs lion looked mare miles moose mouth natives nearly neck never night once oryx paces panther puma quadrupeds reindeer rhinoceros rifle river roar rushed sambur savage says shot shoulder side SKELETON skin spear species SPOOR spot stood suddenly tail teeth Tennent terrible tiger tree trunk tusks white rhinoceros wild wolf wolves wounded yards young
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Página 137 - Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ; but when he saw our party he erected himself and looked us boldly in the face. He stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight I think I shall never forget.
Página 412 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? »the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Página 137 - The singular noise of the breaking of tree-branches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making no noise at all. The countenances of the men showed...
Página 222 - I could not guide her in the slightest, and she continued to splash, and plunge, and blow, and make her circular course, carrying me along with her as if I was a fly on her tail. Finding her tail gave me but a poor hold, as the only means of securing my prey, I took out my knife, and cutting two deep parallel incisions...
Página 101 - It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife. This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora,...
Página 100 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of .the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife.
Página 111 - ... actually standing on his poncho ; and perhaps the animal was equally astonished to find himself in the immediate presence of so athletic a man. The man told me he was unwilling to fire, as his gun was loaded with very small shot, and he therefore remained motionless, the...
Página xxiv - ... with the howling of all the dogs in the encampment, and with the shouts and yells of the Indians ; in coming nearer, it rose high above all these accompaniments, and resembled the lashing of a heavy surf upon a beach. On and on it rolled towards us, and, partly from my own hearing, partly from the hurried words and actions of the tenants of our lodge, I gathered it must be the fierce and uncontrollable gallop of thousands of panic-stricken horses. As this living torrent drew nigh, I sprang...
Página 266 - ... in most ferocious style. We crept up within thirty yards, and, kneeling down, blazed away at the lions. My rifle was a single barrel, and I had no spare gun. One lion fell dead almost on the buffalo; he had merely time to turn towards us, seize a bush with his teeth, and drop dead with the stick in his jaws.
Página 129 - ... darkest corner of the jungle, where the brightest sun left its traces only in a dim and gloomy twilight. The female was mostly feeding near by ; and it is singular that she almost always gave the alarm by running off, with loud and sudden cries or shrieks. Then the male, sitting for a moment with...