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Sir Edward Braddon. Thirty Years of Shikar HARVARD UNIVERSITY . LIBRARY MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY 44 ,. Front Cover.
Sir Edward Braddon. Thirty Years of Shikar HARVARD UNIVERSITY . LIBRARY MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY 44 ,. Front Cover.
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... COVER AND GOT AWAY " 153 185 66 BOUNDING OUT , THE CHEETAH SWEPT ME BEFORE IT 208 66 EDIBLES OF A SORT BEING PROCURED , WE FARED SUMPTU- OUSLY " 235 66 27 TOOK FLIGHT ACROSS A BIT OF OPEN 264 66 IT EMERGED UPON THE BANK , AND THERE WAS ...
... COVER AND GOT AWAY " 153 185 66 BOUNDING OUT , THE CHEETAH SWEPT ME BEFORE IT 208 66 EDIBLES OF A SORT BEING PROCURED , WE FARED SUMPTU- OUSLY " 235 66 27 TOOK FLIGHT ACROSS A BIT OF OPEN 264 66 IT EMERGED UPON THE BANK , AND THERE WAS ...
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... cover , to separate the boars from the sounders and ride them down ; and on some half - a - dozen howdah elephants were sportsmen of a less enterprising kind , or enter- prising sportsmen without available mounts , who helped to drive ...
... cover , to separate the boars from the sounders and ride them down ; and on some half - a - dozen howdah elephants were sportsmen of a less enterprising kind , or enter- prising sportsmen without available mounts , who helped to drive ...
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... cover by a line of beaters . In one of our drives I took my stand in a clear patch in the middle of a strip of this grass , one of my colleagues standing on either hand outside . The beaters neared us , the partridges rose and flew our ...
... cover by a line of beaters . In one of our drives I took my stand in a clear patch in the middle of a strip of this grass , one of my colleagues standing on either hand outside . The beaters neared us , the partridges rose and flew our ...
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... cover with a rallied line of beaters , but soon abandoned my tiger - chase , and reverted to the partridges . For two years I possessed my soul in such patience as was attainable , making an occasional excursion across the Ganges into ...
... cover with a rallied line of beaters , but soon abandoned my tiger - chase , and reverted to the partridges . For two years I possessed my soul in such patience as was attainable , making an occasional excursion across the Ganges into ...
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