African Pets: Or, Chats about Our Animal Friends in Natal : with a Sketch of Kaffir Life |
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... garden , and all at once I heard a mournful little grunt right over my head , and , looking up , what should I see but two bright , but sad - looking , eyes peering down at me . And there was our poor Eefit , high up in a tree , not ten ...
... garden , and all at once I heard a mournful little grunt right over my head , and , looking up , what should I see but two bright , but sad - looking , eyes peering down at me . And there was our poor Eefit , high up in a tree , not ten ...
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... garden seemed to be full of them , and the Kaffirs who were set to clear away the weeds , which had spread every- where , were constantly shouting to each other and running about with sticks , in great excitement at having found another ...
... garden seemed to be full of them , and the Kaffirs who were set to clear away the weeds , which had spread every- where , were constantly shouting to each other and running about with sticks , in great excitement at having found another ...
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... garden directly the snake was killed , just as if he was going to fetch something . There- fore , perhaps , what people there say is quite true about cats , which is , that they know of some herb to eat which quite prevents snake ...
... garden directly the snake was killed , just as if he was going to fetch something . There- fore , perhaps , what people there say is quite true about cats , which is , that they know of some herb to eat which quite prevents snake ...
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... garden , had a window that opened nearly to the floor , with a broad , old- fashioned window - sill . On this window - sill I used every morning to place Ket's cage , so that he could look about him and watch all the other birds flying ...
... garden , had a window that opened nearly to the floor , with a broad , old- fashioned window - sill . On this window - sill I used every morning to place Ket's cage , so that he could look about him and watch all the other birds flying ...
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... garden . I looked out , saw him give a flutter or two , and then lie quite still , and I felt sure all was over . The cage was bent and shattered , and he had fallen through the broken bars on to the ground . I felt too sorry to go and ...
... garden . I looked out , saw him give a flutter or two , and then lie quite still , and I felt sure all was over . The cage was bent and shattered , and he had fallen through the broken bars on to the ground . I felt too sorry to go and ...
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