 Hottentots on foot : commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, they followed the spoor through grass and gravel and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity, where an inexperienced eye could discern neither footprint nor mark of any kind,—...  A Popular Natural History of Quadrupeds and Birds - Page 11by William Dowling - 1849Full view - About this book
 | George Thompson - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1827 - 532 pages
...commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, they followed the spoor through grass and gravel and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...him out of this retreat, in order to attack him in a close phalanx, and with more safety and effect. The approved mode in such cases is to torment him... | |
 | George Thompson - Africa, Southern - 1827 - 552 pages
...commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, they followed the spoor through grass and gravel and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...straggling thicket of brushwood and evergreens, about a mite distant. The next object was to drive him out of this retreat, in order to attack him in a close... | |
 | George Thompson - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1827 - 472 pages
...commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, they followed the spoor through grass and gravel and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...until, at length, we fairly tracked him into a large batch, or straggling thicket of brushwood and evergreens, about a mile distant. The next object vvas... | |
 | 1828 - 612 pages
...commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, they followed the spoor through grass, and gravel, and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...until at length we fairly tracked him into a large tosch, or straggling thicket of brushwood and evergreens, about a mile distant. one. If he does not... | |
 | Slavery - 1828 - 390 pages
...of any V-'ruf, until, at len"th, we fairly tracked Hrm inlo a large straggling thicket of nrasb,wood and evergreens, about a mile distant. The next object...him out of this retreat. in order to attack him in a close phalanx, and with mote safety and effect. The approved method is, to torment him with dogs... | |
 | James Rennie - Elephants - 1829 - 438 pages
...neither,ifbptprint nor mark of any kind,—until, at length, we fairly tracked him into a large boach, or straggling thicket of brushwood and evergreens,...more safety and effect. The approved mode in such eases is to torment him with dogs till he abandons his covert, and stands at bey in the open plain.... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 1178 pages
...Commencing from the spot were the horse was killed, they followed the spoor* through grass, and gravel, and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...eye could discern neither footprint nor mark of any kind,—until at length we fairly tracked him into a large bosch, or straggling thicket of brushwood... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Felidae - 1834 - 400 pages
...Commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, we followed the spoor through grass, and gravel, and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...him out of this retreat, in order to attack him in a close phalanx, with more safety and effect. The approved mode in such cases is to torment him with... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Mammals - 1834 - 328 pages
...Hottentots on foot. Commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, \ve fairly tracked him into a straggling thicket of brushwood and evergreens about...phalanx and with more safety and effect. The approved method in such cases is to torment him with dogs till he abandons his covert and stands at bay in the... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...Commencing from the spot where the horse was killed, they followed the spoor* through grass and gravel and brushwood, with astonishing ease and dexterity,...eye could discern neither footprint nor mark of any kind,—until, at length, we fairly tracked him into a large bosch, or straggling thicket of brushwood... | |
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