 He was laboring painfully to carry a heavy beam of timber, which he balanced across his tusks, but the pathway being narrow, he was forced to bend his head to one side to permit it to pass endways ; and the exertion and inconvenience combined led him...  Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated - 739. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1870 - 800 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1860 - 620 oldal
...mystery, by bringing me face to face with a tame elephant, unaccompanied by any attendant He was laboring painfully to carry a heavy beam of timber, which he...horse. On seeing us halt, the elephant raised his head, reconnoitcred us for a moment, then threw down the timber and forced himself backwards among the brushwood... | |
 | 1859 - 586 oldal
...us in the thick jungle, and which consisted of a repetition of the ejaculation wmph ! a mi iili .' in a hoarse and dissatisfied tone. A turn in the forest...horse. On seeing us halt, the elephant raised his head, reconnoitered us for a moment, then threw down the timber and forced himself backwards among the brushwood... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 624 oldal
...mystery, by bringing me fiice to face with a tame elephant, unaccompanied by any attendant He was laboring painfully to carry a heavy beam of timber, which he...horse. On seeing us halt, the elephant raised his head, reconnoitered us for a moment, then threw down the timber and forced himself backwards among the brushwood... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 708 oldal
...he was forced to bend his head to one side to permit it to pass endways ; and the exertion and tliis inconvenience combined led him to utter the dissatisfied...reconnoitred us for a moment, then flung down the timber and voluntarily forced himself backwards among the brushwood so as to leave a passage, of which he expected... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 oldal
...for-est ex-plained the mys-te-ry, by bring-ing me face to face with a tame el-e-phant, un-ac-com-pa-med by an-y at-tend-ant. He was la-bour-ing pain-ful-ly...us for a mo-ment, then flung down the tim-ber, and vol-un-ta-ri-ly forced him-self back-wards a-mong the brush-wood so as to leave a pas-sage, of which... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 oldal
...which he balanced across his tusks ; but the pathway being narrow, he was forced to bend his head on, one side to permit it to pass endways ; and the exertion...disturbed the composure of my horse. On seeing us halty the elephant raised his head, r"econnoitered us for a moment, then threw down the timber and... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1867 - 246 oldal
...forced to bend his head to one side to permit the load to pass endways ; and the exertion and this inconvenience combined led him to utter the dissatisfied...reconnoitred us for a moment, then flung down the timber, and voluntarily forced himself backwards among the brushwood so as to leave a passage, of which he expected... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - 1870 - 884 oldal
...mystery, by bringing me face to face with a tame elephant, unaccompanied by any attendant. He was laboring painfully to carry a heavy beam of timber, which he...combined led him to utter the dissatisfied sounds. On seeing us halt, the elephant raised his head, reconnoitred us a moment, then flung down the timber... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1871 - 342 oldal
...bringing me face to face with a tame elephant, unaccompanied by any attendant. 4. " He was laboring painfully to carry a heavy beam of timber, which he...sounds which disturbed the composure of my horse. 5. " On seeing us halt, the elephant raised his head, re' connoitred us for a moment, then flung down... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 oldal
...which he balanced across his tusks ; but the pathway being narrow, he was forced to bend his head on one side to permit it to pass endways ; and the exertion...raised his head, reconnoitred us for a moment, then threw down the timber and forced himself backwards among the brushwood, so as to leave a passage, of... | |
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