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... night , and making the forests resound with their yells and howlings . Of the Red Howler a traveller says : " Nothing can be more dreadful than its cries . While lying in your hammock in those gloomy and immeasurable wilds , you hear ...
... night , and making the forests resound with their yells and howlings . Of the Red Howler a traveller says : " Nothing can be more dreadful than its cries . While lying in your hammock in those gloomy and immeasurable wilds , you hear ...
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... night in a bed allotted to him , place his head calmly on the pillow , and carefully pull up the bed clothes , in order to secure their full warmth . He did not long survive his arrival in London . An account that was published of his ...
... night in a bed allotted to him , place his head calmly on the pillow , and carefully pull up the bed clothes , in order to secure their full warmth . He did not long survive his arrival in London . An account that was published of his ...
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... night strange appearances presented themselves ; the mountains seemed to be all on fire , and the sound of flutes , drums , and cymbals was mingled with wild screams and piercing cries . Terrified at what they saw and heard , they , as ...
... night strange appearances presented themselves ; the mountains seemed to be all on fire , and the sound of flutes , drums , and cymbals was mingled with wild screams and piercing cries . Terrified at what they saw and heard , they , as ...
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... night , and the men , ambushed in the hollow of an overhanging crag , were more easily hidden , as a wind , called the Sirocco , had just risen , driving wreaths of mist before it , as thick as those which issue from the mouths of a ...
... night , and the men , ambushed in the hollow of an overhanging crag , were more easily hidden , as a wind , called the Sirocco , had just risen , driving wreaths of mist before it , as thick as those which issue from the mouths of a ...
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... night . As the bride- groom goes forth to the house of the bride , or as he returns to his own habitation , or to that of his father , he is accompanied by numerous friends and dependents , bearing lamps and torches . When he approaches ...
... night . As the bride- groom goes forth to the house of the bride , or as he returns to his own habitation , or to that of his father , he is accompanied by numerous friends and dependents , bearing lamps and torches . When he approaches ...
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Africa animal ANOMALURE appears approach attack Bactrian Camel bear beast body bones breed brown burrows called canine capybara Cetacea chimpanzee claws colour covered creature Cuvier distance domestic ears elephant engraving extremely eyes favourite fawn colour feet female flesh fore forests genus giraffe gray ground habits hair hand hare head herd hind hippopotamus horns horse hunter hyæna inches incisors India Indians inhabits killed legs Lemur length limbs Linnæus lion living male molars monkey mountains mouth muzzle native nearly neck Newfoundland dog night nose Obaysch observed paws peculiar prey Pteromys Pteropus quadrupeds race remarkable resembles rhinoceros Rüppell says seen sheep short shoulders side skin skull sometimes soon South America species spot squirrel tail tapir tarpan teeth thick tiger toes trees tribe trunk tusks upper wild woods young
Popular passages
Page 309 - An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, 'Till, crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o...
Page 9 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Page 309 - The best laid schemes o mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
Page 325 - Sprung from his heathery couch in haste. But ere his fleet career he took, The dewdrops from his flanks he shook; Like crested leader proud and high...
Page 156 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Page 63 - We rustled through the leaves like wind, Left shrubs, and trees, and wolves behind; By night I heard them on the track, Their troop came hard upon our back, With their long gallop, which can tire The hound's deep hate, and hunter's fire...
Page 38 - It is said that when the male is first seen he gives a terrific yell, that resounds far and wide through the forest, something like kh — ah!
Page 219 - Thomas ; not expecting to see her again, but desirous to learn, if possible, what became of her. In something less than an hour, Richard returned, almost breathless, with the following account. That soon after he began to run, he left Tom behind him, and came in sight of a most numerous hunt of men, women, children and dogs; that he did his best to keep back the dogs, and presently outstripped...
Page 219 - Coleman to the chase, as being nimbler, and carrying less weight than Thomas; not expecting to see her again, but desirous to learn, if possible, what became of her. In something less than an hour Richard returned, almost breathless, with the following account: That soon after he began to...
Page 348 - Though she was sorely wounded, and could but just crawl to the place where they lay, she carried the lump of flesh she had fetched away, as she had done...