Lake Ngami: Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of Southwestern AfricaDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - 433 sider |
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abundance Africa amongst animal appearance approach arrival ascertained assegai Barmen beast became Bechuanas bird black rhinoceros bushes bushmen Cape caracal cattle cause chase chief course Damara-land Damaras distance dogs eggs Eikhams elephants encampment feet fire flesh Fountain Galton gemsbok giraffe gnoo grass Griqua ground habits Hahn head herds Hill-Damaras hippopotamus horns horse Hottentot hundred hyænas Jonker Afrikaner journey Kahichenè killed kind koodoo kraal Lake Lake Ngami lion miles missionary moreover morning Namaqua-land Namaquas Nangoro natives never Ngami night obtained occasion Okamabuti Omanbondè once Orange river ostrich Otjikoto Ovambo oxen paces party poison quadrupeds rain reached rhinoceros Richterfeldt river Scheppmansdorf Schmelen's Hope Schöneberg season seen shooting short shot soon species spot suddenly Swakop thirst Timbo trees tribe unfrequently wagons Walfisch Bay werft whilst white rhinoceros whole wild wood wounded zebra Zwartbooi
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Side 231 - It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook, In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Side 409 - ... bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Behold he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Side 25 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not!
Side 199 - With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : Away — away — in the Wilderness vast, Where the White Man's foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan : A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which Man hath abandoned from famine and fear...
Side 197 - Finding that we were quickly gaining upon them, the male at once slackened his pace, and diverged somewhat from his course ; but seeing that we were not to be diverted from our purpose, he again increased his speed, and with wings drooping so as almost to touch the ground, he hovered round us, now in wide circles, and then decreasing the circumference till he came almost within pistol-shot, when he...
Side 368 - As all this and much more did not succeed, he had recourse to another stratagem. He knew well that baboons were not very easily caught among the rocky glens and shelving precipices...
Side 198 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Side 425 - ... in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the water, and in a most ferocious and menacing attitude rushed open-mouthed at the boat, and with one grasp of its tremendous jaws seized and tore seven planks from her side ; the creature disappeared for a few seconds and then rose again, apparently intending to repeat the attack, but was fortunately deterred by the contents of a musket discharged in its face. The boat rapidly filled, but, as she was not more than an oar's length...
Side 373 - They could not account for our putting our legs, feet, and arms into bags, and using buttons for the purpose of fastening bandages round our bodies, instead of suspending them as ornaments from the neck or hair of the head. Washing the body, instead of lubricating it with grease and red ochre, was a disgusting custom ; and cleanliness about our food, house, and bedding, contributed to their amusement in no small degree. A native, who was engaged roasting a piece of fat zebra...
Side 284 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.