Lions, Tigers, &c., &c |
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Africa African lion animal appear approach Asiatic lion attack Azara bands Baron Cuvier beasts beautiful belly Bengal Cat body boor brown Buffon bush cage Canada Lynx Caracal characters claws COLOCOLO commenced cougar Cuvier dark dogs ears Edin elephant exhibited eyes fawn colour feet Felinæ Felis fired foot fore forehead genus grey Griffith's ground colour hair head horse hunters hunting inches India Inhabits irregular jaguar jungle keeper legs length lengthened Leopard limbs Linnæus lion lioness Lynx mahout male mane marked Menagerie Monographies Montbéliard Museum Native naturalists nearly neck ocelot pale paler panther papillæ Paraguay PLATE prey puma quadrupeds rings seized serval shade shew shot shoulders side Sir Stamford Raffles skin slender species specimen streaks strength Sumatra Surrey Zoological Gardens tail tawny teeth Temminck thick throat tiger tion transverse tree tufts upper variety wild young Zoological
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Page 127 - Painter, it being previously settled that the discoverer should blow his horn, and remain on the spot until the rest should join him. In less than an hour, the sound of the horn was clearly heard, and, sticking close to the squatter, off we went through the thick woods, guided only by the now and then repeated call of the distant huntsman.
Page 105 - ... open, so that I could see the whole danger of the scene. The lion was beginning to move, perhaps with the intention of making a spring. There was no longer any time to think; I called softly to the mother not to be alarmed: and invoking the name of the Lord, fired my piece. The ball passed directly over the hair of my boy's head, and lodged in the forehead of the lion, immediately above his eyes, which shot forth, as it were, sparks of fire, and stretched him on the ground, so that he never stirred...
Page 108 - ... though not so large or swift an animal as the tiger, was generally stronger and more courageous. Those which have been killed in India, instead of running away when pursued through a jungle, seldom seem to think its cover necessary at all. When they see their enemies approaching, they spring out to meet them, open-mouthed, in the plain, like the boldest of all animals, a mastiff dog. They are thus generally shot with very little trouble ; but if they are missed, or only slightly wounded, they...
Page 144 - As soon as he felt himself wounded, the tiger crept into a close thicket of trees and bushes, and crouched. The two leading sportsmen overran the spot where he lay, and as I came up I saw him through an aperture rising to attempt a charge. My mahout had just before, in the heat of the chase, dropped his...
Page 167 - Change, to be taken care of, till she herself went to Oatlands. He remained there for some weeks, and was suffered to roam about the greater part of the day without any restraint. On the morning previous to the Duchess's...
Page 144 - On clearing the wood, we entered an open space of marshy grass, not three feet high ; a large herd of cattle were feeding there, and the herdsman was sitting singing under a bush ; when, just as the former began to move before us, up sprang the very tiger to whom our visit was intended, and cantered off across a bare plain, dotted with small patches of bush-jungle.
Page 100 - I ever witnessed. The danger of our friends however rendered it at the moment too terrible to enjoy either the grand or the ludicrous part of the picture. We expected every instant to see one or more of them torn in pieces ; nor, though the rest of the party were standing within fifty paces, with their guns cocked and levelled, durst we fire for their assistance. One was lying under the lion's feet, and the others scrambling towards us in such a way as to intercept our aim upon the animal.
Page 128 - We dismounted, took off the saddles and bridles, set the bells attached to the horses' necks at liberty to jingle, hoppled the animals, and left them to shift for themselves. " After marching for a couple of hours, we again heard the dogs. Each of us pressed forward, elated at the thought of terminating the career of the cougar. Some of the dogs were heard whining, although the greater number barked vehemently. We felt assured that the cougar was treed, and that he would rest for some time, to recover...
Page 127 - ... on towards the centre of the swamp. One bayou was crossed, then another still larger and more muddy ; but the dogs were brushing forward, and, as the horses began to pant at a furious rate, we judged it expedient to leave them, and advance on foot. These determined hunters knew that the cougar, being wounded, would shortly ascend another tree, where, in all probability, he would remain for a considerable time, and that it would be easy to follow the track of the dogs. We dismounted, took off...
Page 101 - ... he was meditating mischief. The Hottentots, by taking a circuit between him and the mountain, crossed the stream, and took a position on the top of a precipice overlooking the spot where he stood. Another party of us occupied a position on the other side of the glen; and placing the poor fellow thus between two fires, which confused his attention and prevented his retreat, we kept battering away at him till he fell, unable again to grapple with us, pierced with many wounds.