 ... yawning gash, more than twelve inches long, almost laying bare the very bone. I was very cool and steady, and did not feel in the least degree nervous, having fortunately great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair...  The lion hunter of South Africa - Side 125af Roualeyn Gordon Cumming - 1856Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1850 - 542 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over, I felt that it was a very awful situation, and attended with extreme...revenge she had now taken, she quitted Colesberg, and, slewing her tail to one side, trotted sulkily past within a few paces of me, taking one step to the... | |
 | 1850 - 584 sider
...over, 1 felt that it was a very -•wful situation, and attended with extreme peril, as I had no friend on whom I could rely. When the lioness sprang on Colesberg,...second barrel for the first chance she should give me for a clear shot. This she quickly did ; for, seeming satisfied with the revenge she had now taken,... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair wu over, I felt that it was a very awful situation, and attended with extreme peril, as I had no frk-nd with me on whom I could rely. When the lioness sprang on Colesberg, I stood out from the horses,... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 434 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over I felt that it was a very awful situation and attended with extreme...revenge she had now taken, she quitted Colesberg, and, slewing her tail to one side, trotted sulkily past within a few paces of me, taking one step to the... | |
 | 1850 - 1254 sider
...in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over, I felt that it was a very I awful situation, and attended with extreme ',. peril,...revenge she had now taken, she quitted Colesberg, and, slewing her tail to one side, trotted sulkily past within a few paces of me, taking one step to the... | |
 | 1850 - 744 sider
...but I must confess, when the whole affair was over, I felt that it was a very awful situation, *nd attended with extreme peril, as I had no friend with...revenge she had now taken, she quitted Colesberg, and, slewing her tail to one side, trotted sulkily past within a few paces of me, taking one step to the... | |
 | 1850 - 896 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over, I felt that it was a very awful situation, and attended with extreme...could rely. When the lioness sprang on Colesberg, 1 stood out from (he horses, ready with my second barrel for the first chance she should give mo of... | |
 | 1852 - 782 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over, I felt that it was a very awful situation, and attended with extreme...on whom I could rely. " When the lioness sprang on Colesburg, I stood out from the horses, ready with my second barrel for the first chance she should... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1850 - 526 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over, I felt that it was a very awful situation, and attended with extreme...me on whom I could rely. When the lioness sprang on Colcsberg, I stood out from the horses, ready with my second barrel for the first chance she should... | |
 | 1851 - 354 sider
...great confidence in my own shooting ; but I must confess, when the whole affair was over I felt that it was a very awful situation and attended with extreme...revenge she had now taken, she quitted Colesberg, and, slewing her tail to one side, trotted sulkily past within a few paces of me, taking one step to the... | |
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