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... river Gambia , and was much the more pleasing of the two . He was compared to a black child , but with a head of overgrown propor- tions , and was very docile , and generally playful and gentle . Like all his tribe , he was fond of wine ...
... river Gambia , and was much the more pleasing of the two . He was compared to a black child , but with a head of overgrown propor- tions , and was very docile , and generally playful and gentle . Like all his tribe , he was fond of wine ...
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... river , wash their faces in spite of their out- cries , and altogether bestow a time and attention that in many cases the children of our own species might envy . " And yet the Siamang apes are de- scribed as being stupid , sluggish ...
... river , wash their faces in spite of their out- cries , and altogether bestow a time and attention that in many cases the children of our own species might envy . " And yet the Siamang apes are de- scribed as being stupid , sluggish ...
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... fled at the morning's dawn , and scour along the river's banks in quest of prey . On waking from sleep , the astonished traveller finds his hammock all stained with blood . It is the vampire that hath sucked 66 THE BAT .
... fled at the morning's dawn , and scour along the river's banks in quest of prey . On waking from sleep , the astonished traveller finds his hammock all stained with blood . It is the vampire that hath sucked 66 THE BAT .
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... river Demerara , that he was completely unsuc- cessful with his fowls , on account of the small vampire . He showed me some that had been sucked the night before , they were scarcely able to walk . Some years ago , " continues Mr. Water ...
... river Demerara , that he was completely unsuc- cessful with his fowls , on account of the small vampire . He showed me some that had been sucked the night before , they were scarcely able to walk . Some years ago , " continues Mr. Water ...
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... river we halted in the afternoon , and allowed our oxen to graze on a rising bank opposite our waggons , and somewhat farther than a gun - shot from them . Having but just halted , and not having loosed a gun , we were taken by surprise ...
... river we halted in the afternoon , and allowed our oxen to graze on a rising bank opposite our waggons , and somewhat farther than a gun - shot from them . Having but just halted , and not having loosed a gun , we were taken by surprise ...
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302 페이지 - Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.
235 페이지 - Their rein-deer form their riches. These, their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth Supply, their wholesome fare, and cheerful cups Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a blue crust of ice unbounded glaz'd.
274 페이지 - ... again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness? Do they mistake a man in the distance for their chief enemy the puma? Or does curiosity overcome their timidity? That they are curious is certain; for if a person lies on the ground, and plays strange antics, such as throwing up his feet in the air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him.
93 페이지 - At one moment, the dogs perceiving his eye thus engaged, had advanced close to his feet, and seemed as if they would actually seize hold of him ; but they paid dearly for their imprudence, for without discomposing the majestic and steady attitude in which he stood fixed, he merely moved his paw, and at the next instant, I beheld two lying dead. In doing this, he made so little exertion, that it was scarcely perceptible by what means they had been killed.
160 페이지 - This pause was sometimes followed by changing the position of the material "judged," and sometimes it was left in its place. After he had piled up his materials in one part of the room (for he generally chose the same place), he proceeded to wall up the space between the feet of a chest of drawers which stood at a little distance from it, high enough on its legs to make the bottom...
215 페이지 - Their huge foot-prints were everywhere visible; and in the swampy spots on the banks of the river it was evident that some of them had been luxuriously enjoying themselves by rolling their unwieldy bulks in the ooze and mud. But it was in the groves and jungles that they had left the most striking proofs of their recent presence and peculiar habits. In many places paths had been trodden through the midst of dense thorny forests, otherwise impenetrable.
69 페이지 - The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing. But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling...
115 페이지 - The elephants, however, are often dreadfully torn ; and a large old tiger sometimes clings too fast to be thus dealt with. In this case it often happens that the elephant himself falls, from pain, or from the hope of rolling on his enemy ; and the people on his back are in very considerable danger both from friends and foes, for Mr.
159 페이지 - The long and large materials were always taken first, and two of the longest were generally laid crosswise, with one of the ends of each touching the wall, and the other ends projecting out into the room.
70 페이지 - I went to the river Paumaron with a Scotch gentleman, by name Tarbet. We hung our hammocks in the thatched loft of a planter's house. Next morning I heard this gentleman muttering in his hammock, and now and then letting fall an imprecation or two, just about the time he ought to have been saying his morning prayers. ' What is the matter, Sir,' said I, softly, ' is anything amiss ?'