The Mishmee hills, an account of an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam1873 |
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... animal rush forward with an angry screech , and then , with a magnificent bound , a fine leopard sprang out into the plain . This was an unexpected treat for the pig - stickers ; the chance of spearing a leopard from horseback does not ...
... animal rush forward with an angry screech , and then , with a magnificent bound , a fine leopard sprang out into the plain . This was an unexpected treat for the pig - stickers ; the chance of spearing a leopard from horseback does not ...
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... animal crouched under the bank of the nullah , within a couple of yards of my elephant's trunk . His fate was sealed , for , as he afforded me a fair sight , a charge of No. 8 shot reached his heart , and he rolled into the bottom of ...
... animal crouched under the bank of the nullah , within a couple of yards of my elephant's trunk . His fate was sealed , for , as he afforded me a fair sight , a charge of No. 8 shot reached his heart , and he rolled into the bottom of ...
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... animal that rendered my arm powerless ; certain it is that I fired too late , and missed him , and he again crouched in the reeds , within twenty yards of me , uttering low angry growls . The elephants , however , again pressed on him ...
... animal that rendered my arm powerless ; certain it is that I fired too late , and missed him , and he again crouched in the reeds , within twenty yards of me , uttering low angry growls . The elephants , however , again pressed on him ...
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... animals suited to my purpose in Calcutta . After beating up all the horse dealers and livery stables , and advertising in the papers for a week , but one mule was brought for inspection , and this was a huge animal , standing nearly ...
... animals suited to my purpose in Calcutta . After beating up all the horse dealers and livery stables , and advertising in the papers for a week , but one mule was brought for inspection , and this was a huge animal , standing nearly ...
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... animals , it was necessary to travel over two thousand miles . Fifteen years ago , I could scarcely have accomplished this dis- tance in India within a year . Now it is a matter of a week . My party was now diminished by the discharge ...
... animals , it was necessary to travel over two thousand miles . Fifteen years ago , I could scarcely have accomplished this dis- tance in India within a year . Now it is a matter of a week . My party was now diminished by the discharge ...
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