The Quarterly Review, Volume 88John Murray, 1851 |
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... object of their alarm . In crossing any path or waggon - road on which men have lately trod , the springbok invariably clears it by a single surprising bound ; and when a herd of perhaps many thousands have to cross a track of the sort ...
... object of their alarm . In crossing any path or waggon - road on which men have lately trod , the springbok invariably clears it by a single surprising bound ; and when a herd of perhaps many thousands have to cross a track of the sort ...
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... object which they cannot make out . The havoc which these wild dogs commit on the flocks of the Boers is very great : our author con- siders them as forming a connecting link between the wolf and the hyana ; ' they do not entertain much ...
... object which they cannot make out . The havoc which these wild dogs commit on the flocks of the Boers is very great : our author con- siders them as forming a connecting link between the wolf and the hyana ; ' they do not entertain much ...
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... object of chace he has not only weapons of defence , but knows how to use them , and is apt to anticipate the onset and convert his broad- based , sharp - pointed horns , into deadly weapons of attack . The natives , therefore , dread ...
... object of chace he has not only weapons of defence , but knows how to use them , and is apt to anticipate the onset and convert his broad- based , sharp - pointed horns , into deadly weapons of attack . The natives , therefore , dread ...
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... object which attracts their attention . They feed almost entirely upon the thorny branches of the species of mimosa waggishly termed by the Boers vyacht um bige , ' i . e . ' wait - a - bit ' thorns : they never attain much fat , and ...
... object which attracts their attention . They feed almost entirely upon the thorny branches of the species of mimosa waggishly termed by the Boers vyacht um bige , ' i . e . ' wait - a - bit ' thorns : they never attain much fat , and ...
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... objects . Every one knows the attention which an unusual diction or even an unusual dress secures for a teacher so soon as he has once secured a hearing . A Quaker at court , or a Latter - day Prophet speaking in the language of Mr ...
... objects . Every one knows the attention which an unusual diction or even an unusual dress secures for a teacher so soon as he has once secured a hearing . A Quaker at court , or a Latter - day Prophet speaking in the language of Mr ...
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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...
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