 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 páginas
...seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and...about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight I think never to forget. Nearly six feet high (he proved two inches shorter), with immense body, huge chest,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1875 - 650 páginas
...seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead; and...erected himself, and looked us boldly in the face. Nearly six feet high (he proved two inches less), with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular... | |
 | English reader - 1875 - 170 páginas
...male gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on all fours, but when he saw our party he stood erect, and looked us boldly in the face. He stood about a dozen yards from us. THE GORILLA. 99 Nearly six feet high, with large body, huge~chest, great thick arms, large deep gray... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 páginas
...the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the Gorilla. ' Then the underbush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us...I think I shall never forget. Nearly six feet high (he proved four inches shorter), with immense body, huge chest, and immense muscular arms, with fiercely... | |
 | 1877 - 936 páginas
...rapidly just ahead, and presently stood before us an immense gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on all-fours ; but when he saw our party he erected himself...I think I shall never forget. Nearly six feet high (he proved four inches shorter), with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms, with fiercely... | |
 | Pictorial cabinet - 1878 - 574 páginas
...seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and...think I .shall never forget. Nearly six feet high (he proved four inches shorter), with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms, with fiercely-glaring,... | |
 | Parrots - 1879 - 250 páginas
...descriptions of the gorilla ape, by a traveller who sought the monster out in his native forests : — "It stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight...I think I shall never forget. Nearly six feet high (he proved four inches shorter), with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms, with fiercely-glaring... | |
 | Charles Henry Eden - 1880 - 356 páginas
...loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla," " Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and...I think I shall never forget. Nearly six feet high (he proved four inches shorter), with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms, with fiercely-glaring... | |
 | James Greenwood (journalist.) - 1880 - 508 páginas
...gorilla. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male. He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ;...stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight L think I shall never turget. Nearly six feet high (he proved four inches shorter), with immense body,... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 296 páginas
...distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the great gorilla himself. 11. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead; and, presently, before us stood an immense gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on all-fours; but when he saw our party he erected himself... | |
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Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. 
