... very apt to be dangerous by prowling about the place in search of more game, I resolved to have him destroyed or dislodged without delay. I therefore sent a messenger round the location to invite all who were willing to assist in the... Natural History of Quadrupeds - Página 139por James Rennie - 1839 - 324 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1830
...1822, by Mr. Pringle, a settler on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, is peculiarly interesting. "One night, a lion that had previously purloined a...cabin. Knowing that the lion, when he does not carry oflf his prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is very apt to be dangerous by prowling... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 493 páginas
...beasts of prey, are abundant. One night a lion, who had previously purloined a few .sheep out of the kraal, came down and killed my riding horse, about...prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is moreover very apt to be dangerous by prowling about the place in search of more game, I resolved to... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827
...brief space, (having perhape already dined) walked off, without taking farther notice of the rider. GT riding horse, about a hundred yards from the door...prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is moreover very apt to be dangerous by prowling about the place in search of more game, I resolv>ed to... | |
 | 1828
...beasts of prey, are abundant. One night, a lion, who had previously purloined a few sheep out of the kraal, came down, and killed my riding horse, about...usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is, moreover, very apt to be dangerous, by prowling about the place, in search of more game, I resolved... | |
 | 1828
...lion, who had previously purloined a few sheep out of the kraal, came down and killed my favourite riding horse, about a hundred yards from the door of my cabin. Knowing that the lion, when he docs not carry off his prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is moreover very apt to... | |
 | John Le Keux - 1829
..." One that had previously purloined a few sheep from my kraal came down and killed my riding-horse, about a hundred yards from the door of my cabin. Knowing that the lion, when he does not carry off his^prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is apt to be dangerous in prowling about the... | |
 | 1834
...should deprive his account of a lion-hunt of its interest, if we attempted to give it in any other than his own words :— " One night, a lion, that...destroyed or dislodged without delay. I therefore gent a messenger round the location, to invite all who were willing to assist in the enterprise, to... | |
 | 1834 - 684 páginas
...Cape colony. " One night," says he, " a lion, that had previously purloined a few sheep out of mjr kraal, came down and killed my riding horse, about...conceals himself in the vicinity, and is very apt to be Jangerous by prowling about the place in search of more game, I resolved to have him destroyed or dislodged... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1834 - 3 páginas
...lion, who had previously purloined a few sheep out of the kraal, came down and killed ray riding-horse, about a hundred yards from the door of my cabin. Knowing...prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is moreover very apt to be dangerous, by prowling about the place in search of more game, I resolved to... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1834 - 279 páginas
...his riding-horse, ahout a hundred yards from the door of his cabin ; and, knowing that this animal, when he does not carry off his prey, usually conceals himself in the vicinity, and is apt to be very dangerous by prowling about the place in search of more game, he collected his Scottish... | |
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