Thirty Years of ShikarW. Blackwood & Sons, 1895 - 373 páginas |
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... rode off with the crowd , leaving my hired Rosi- nante to stroll back to town . Oh , what a time I had of it in that hunt ! My steed was a flier , it is true , but the flight was whitherward that erratic beast inclined , and not where I ...
... rode off with the crowd , leaving my hired Rosi- nante to stroll back to town . Oh , what a time I had of it in that hunt ! My steed was a flier , it is true , but the flight was whitherward that erratic beast inclined , and not where I ...
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... rode ; the elephant fell and threw its rider ; the tiger seized upon the foot that wore that shoe ; the latchet of the shoe was partly severed by the tiger's fangs , and Bracken was able to pull his foot out of its dangerous position ...
... rode ; the elephant fell and threw its rider ; the tiger seized upon the foot that wore that shoe ; the latchet of the shoe was partly severed by the tiger's fangs , and Bracken was able to pull his foot out of its dangerous position ...
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... rode few were the first spears that went to others . What a happy fellow he was , and how much he did to make his companions happy ! He was a man of fortune when associates of his own age were owing their way on pittances of Rs . 400 or ...
... rode few were the first spears that went to others . What a happy fellow he was , and how much he did to make his companions happy ! He was a man of fortune when associates of his own age were owing their way on pittances of Rs . 400 or ...
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... rode on either flank in pairs or threes , ready , when the pigs should break from their 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 ...
... rode on either flank in pairs or threes , ready , when the pigs should break from their 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 ...
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... rode homewards rejoicing . And I think the one of us who got the greatest amount of enjoyment out of the whole proceeding was Belli , who , as likely as not , did not kill a bird , although he blithely fired away at dozens . Do any of ...
... rode homewards rejoicing . And I think the one of us who got the greatest amount of enjoyment out of the whole proceeding was Belli , who , as likely as not , did not kill a bird , although he blithely fired away at dozens . Do any of ...
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