Lake Ngami: Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western AfricaHurst and Blackett, 1856 - 546 sider |
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... latter described - Visit from a Leopard ; it wounds a Dog ; Chase and Death of the Leopard - The Caracal 120-129 CHAPTER XII . Wild Fowl abundant - The great Bustard - The Termites - Wild Bees- Mushrooms - The Chief Zwartbooi - Return ...
... latter described - Visit from a Leopard ; it wounds a Dog ; Chase and Death of the Leopard - The Caracal 120-129 CHAPTER XII . Wild Fowl abundant - The great Bustard - The Termites - Wild Bees- Mushrooms - The Chief Zwartbooi - Return ...
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... latter - He saves the Life of his Attendant , Kamapyu - Author again charged by the Rhinoceros , and escapes Destruction only by the opportune Death of his Antagonist - Reflections - He starts for the Ngami . 418-427 CHAPTER XXXIII ...
... latter - He saves the Life of his Attendant , Kamapyu - Author again charged by the Rhinoceros , and escapes Destruction only by the opportune Death of his Antagonist - Reflections - He starts for the Ngami . 418-427 CHAPTER XXXIII ...
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... ; and I saw clearly that the only remedy would be , either to shoot him or to restore him to his brother's companionship . I chose the PREPARATIONS FOR JOURNEY TO AFRICA . latter alternative ; and B 2 The Lucky Escape.
... ; and I saw clearly that the only remedy would be , either to shoot him or to restore him to his brother's companionship . I chose the PREPARATIONS FOR JOURNEY TO AFRICA . latter alternative ; and B 2 The Lucky Escape.
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... latter alternative ; and the purchaser of the other bear , my kind friend Sir Henry Hunloke , on being informed of the circumstance , consented to take this one also . Shortly after my arrival in London , Sir Hyde Parker , another ...
... latter alternative ; and the purchaser of the other bear , my kind friend Sir Henry Hunloke , on being informed of the circumstance , consented to take this one also . Shortly after my arrival in London , Sir Hyde Parker , another ...
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... latter seldom have any covering for the head ; but the men tie round it a red handkerchief , over which they wear an enormous umbrella - shaped straw hat , admirably adapted to 8 TABLE MOUNTAIN . ward off the sun's rays , panions ...
... latter seldom have any covering for the head ; but the men tie round it a red handkerchief , over which they wear an enormous umbrella - shaped straw hat , admirably adapted to 8 TABLE MOUNTAIN . ward off the sun's rays , panions ...
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abundance Africa amongst animals appearance approach arrival assegai Barmen beast became Bechuanas birds black rhinoceros bushes Bushmen Cape caracal cattle chase chief course Damara-land Damaras distance Eikhams elephants encampment euphorbia candelabrum feet fire flesh fountain Galton gemsbok giraffe gnoo grass Griquas ground habits Hahn head herd Hill-Damaras hippopotamus horns horse Hottentot hundred hyænas immense Jonker Afrikaner journey Kahichenè killed kind koodoo kraal Lake Lake Ngami lion miles missionary moreover morning Namaqua-land Namaquas Nangoro natives nearly never Ngami night obtained occasion Okamabuti Omanbondè Omuvereoom once Orange river ostrich Otjikoto ourselves Ovambo oxen paces party rain reached rhinoceros Richterfeldt river savage Scheppmansdorf Schmelen's Hope Schöneberg season seen servants short shot soon species spot suddenly Swakop Teoge thirst Timbo trees tribe unfrequently waggons Walfisch Bay werft whilst white rhinoceros wild wood zebra Zwartbooi
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Side 350 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Side 505 - 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.
Side 253 - A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which Man hath abandoned from famine and fear; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the...
Side 362 - Gan thunder, and both ends of heaven ; the clouds, From many a horrid rift, abortive...
Side 292 - That makes the heavens be mute. "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, 370 That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Side 350 - Abou Ben Adhem may his tribe increase awoke one night from a deep dream of peace and saw within the moonlight of his room making it rich and like a lily in bloom an angel writing in a book of gold exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold and to the presence in the room he said what writest thou...
Side 350 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room. Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold :— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said,
Side 505 - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Side 253 - 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 252 - 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...