Natural History of Quadrupeds, Volume 2John Harris, 1834 - Mammals |
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... carrying off an infant from the vicinity of Wynberg , a village about seven miles from Cape Town , and , when an alarm was given by the distracted mother , retreating with it to the summit of the precipitous moun- tains , three thousand ...
... carrying off an infant from the vicinity of Wynberg , a village about seven miles from Cape Town , and , when an alarm was given by the distracted mother , retreating with it to the summit of the precipitous moun- tains , three thousand ...
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Frederic Shoberl. dom fail to steal from houses and gardens whatever they can carry away . When any of them perceives a child with bread or fruit in its hand , they will run up , frighten it , and snatch what it is eating . If a woman is ...
Frederic Shoberl. dom fail to steal from houses and gardens whatever they can carry away . When any of them perceives a child with bread or fruit in its hand , they will run up , frighten it , and snatch what it is eating . If a woman is ...
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... carrying spare rifles , and leading the deer - hounds . When they have wounded any of the deer , the dogs are let loose upon the track of their blood , and they never leave it till they have brought the animal to bay , most commonly in ...
... carrying spare rifles , and leading the deer - hounds . When they have wounded any of the deer , the dogs are let loose upon the track of their blood , and they never leave it till they have brought the animal to bay , most commonly in ...
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... carrying burdens , and for rapid conveyance across their snowy wastes . These animals , which receive from their ... carry a burden of thirty pounds weight , while attending his master ; in winter , yoked in numbers to sledges , they ...
... carrying burdens , and for rapid conveyance across their snowy wastes . These animals , which receive from their ... carry a burden of thirty pounds weight , while attending his master ; in winter , yoked in numbers to sledges , they ...
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... carried him to the gate of the con- This dog , whose name was Barry , pos- sessed an instinct so astonishing for this humane employment , and a zeal and perse- verance so indefatigable , that he had been the means of rescuing from death ...
... carried him to the gate of the con- This dog , whose name was Barry , pos- sessed an instinct so astonishing for this humane employment , and a zeal and perse- verance so indefatigable , that he had been the means of rescuing from death ...
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Page 152 - He was trying to shoot some wild ducks, and, in order to approach them unperceived, he put the corner of his poncho (which is a sort of long narrow blanket) over his head, and crawling along the ground upon his hands and knees, the poncho not only covered his body, but trailed along the ground behind him. As he was thus creeping by a large bush of reeds, he heard a loud, sudden noise, between a bark and a roar: he felt something heavy strike his feet, and, instantly jumping up, he saw, to his astonishment,...
Page 32 - On a beaten track, or even where a single foot or sledge mark is occasionally discernible, there is not the slightest trouble in guiding the dogs : for even in the darkest night, and in the heaviest snow-drift, there is little or no danger of their losing the road, the leader keeping his nose near the ground, and directing the rest with wonderful sagacity.
Page 96 - Bastaards, in place of now pouring in their volley upon him, instantly turned, and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots,— who, with empty guns, were tumbling over each other in their hurry to escape the clutch of the rampant savage. In a twinkling he was upon them — and with one stroke of his paw dashed the nearest to the ground. " The scene was terrific ! There stood the lion with his foot upon...
Page 74 - ... ravenous, that a good large village, where I sometimes procured a draught of sour milk on my duck-shooting excursions, had been attacked the night before my last visit, the town absolutely carried by storm, notwithstanding defences nearly six feet high of branches of the prickly tulloh, and two donkies, whose flesh these animals are particularly fond of, carried off, in spite of the efforts of the people. We constantly...
Page 75 - Many a time in the night, when the king had kept me late in the palace, and it was not my duty to...