 ... where I could more conveniently cut up and preserve the flesh, without the trouble of sending men and pack-oxen to fetch it. I have repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chace, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the...  The London Quarterly Review - 7. oldal1851Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 434 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass. rhinoceroses trotting along before me. The dogs attacked them with fury, and a scene of intense excitement... | |
 | 1851 - 606 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chace, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...anatomists the ' reticulum,' and by agriculturists the ' honeycomb-bag.' In some the cells are extremely shallow, and form a mere pattern of hexagons by raised... | |
 | 1851 - 604 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chace, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass.1 — vol. ip 252. The power of the ruminating animals to endure thirst or abstain from water... | |
 | 1851 - 484 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass. HUNTING THE GIRAFFE. GIRAFFE. . CHAPTER L. HUNTING THE GIRAFFE. — HABITS OF THE ELEPHANT. R. GUMMING... | |
 | 1852 - 484 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...other antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees an«i grass. GIRAFFE. CHAPTER L. HUNTING THE GIRAFFE. — HABITS OF THE ELEPHANT. R. GUMMING thus describes... | |
 | 1853 - 498 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass. GIRAFFE. CHAPTER L. HUNTING TIIE GIRAFFE. — HABITS OF THE ELEPHANT. R. GUMMING thu• describes tho... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass." The height of the eland is fully five feet at the shoulders, and its weight from seven to nine hundredweight.... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1855 - 440 oldal
...repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most...antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass. Having eaten my steak, I rode to my waggons, where I partook of coffee, and having mounted a fresh... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon Cumming - 1856 - 434 oldal
...drop down dead at the end of a severe chace, owing to his plethoric habit. The skin of the animal T had just shot emitted, like most other antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass. But to return to my Narrative. The two Baquainas soon made their appearance, delighted at my success,... | |
 | 1860 - 654 oldal
...drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit The skin of the Eland I have just shot emitted, like most other Antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass." But before we leave the Gardens we must say a few words respecting the bevy of Antelopes whom we first... | |
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