The Quarterly Review, Volume 88John Murray, 1851 |
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... hands , I made use of this as a handle ; and after some desperate hard work , sometimes pushing and sometimes pulling , the sea - cow continuing her circular course all the time and I holding on at her rump like grim Death , eventually ...
... hands , I made use of this as a handle ; and after some desperate hard work , sometimes pushing and sometimes pulling , the sea - cow continuing her circular course all the time and I holding on at her rump like grim Death , eventually ...
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... hand me my Purdey rifle , in case the two - grooved Dixon should not prove sufficient . My men as yet had been steady , but they were in a precious stew , their faces having assumed a ghastly paleness ; and I had a painful feeling that ...
... hand me my Purdey rifle , in case the two - grooved Dixon should not prove sufficient . My men as yet had been steady , but they were in a precious stew , their faces having assumed a ghastly paleness ; and I had a painful feeling that ...
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... hand . We are sorely tempted by the exciting character of many of these adventures , some of which are illustrated by life - like sketches ; but we must refrain . The zoologist will find a graphic summary of the habits and external ...
... hand . We are sorely tempted by the exciting character of many of these adventures , some of which are illustrated by life - like sketches ; but we must refrain . The zoologist will find a graphic summary of the habits and external ...
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... hand , when a MAJENDIE , not content with narrating the induction established , shows off his dexterity to his class , and each succeeding session sacrifices under torments a score of hap- less dogs and rabbits in order merely to ...
... hand , when a MAJENDIE , not content with narrating the induction established , shows off his dexterity to his class , and each succeeding session sacrifices under torments a score of hap- less dogs and rabbits in order merely to ...
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... hand , he vindicates his claim to the Bimanous order , and the genus Homo . The Bushmen appear to be the oldest among the existing human inhabitants of South Africa . The Gricha and Bechuana Hotten- tots associate and dwell in villages ...
... hand , he vindicates his claim to the Bimanous order , and the genus Homo . The Bushmen appear to be the oldest among the existing human inhabitants of South Africa . The Gricha and Bechuana Hotten- tots associate and dwell in villages ...
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Page 19 - ... most fortunately came down with a tremendous somersault in the mud, his feet slipping from under him : thus the Bushman escaped certain destruction. The buffalo rose much discomfited, and, the wounded horse first catching his eye, he went a second time after him, but he got out of the way. At this moment I managed to send one of my patent pacificating pills into his shoulder, when he instantly quitted the field of action, and sought shelter in the dense cover on the mountain side, whither I deemed...
Page 23 - I could not guide her in the least, 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...