The Living Age, Volume 242Living Age Company, 1904 |
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Page 30
... Hour after hour passed ; the driv- ing wind hurled the hailstones like a battery of small shot right into our faces ; the rain collected in small pools in the folds of my mackintosh , and I guided their descent outwards and downwards ...
... Hour after hour passed ; the driv- ing wind hurled the hailstones like a battery of small shot right into our faces ; the rain collected in small pools in the folds of my mackintosh , and I guided their descent outwards and downwards ...
Page 35
... hour later , the sight of a fine black - buck kicking in the toils had enormously raised these children of Esau in the Englishman's estimation . " Hard on the hands , your trade , " he had observed to a patriarch of the tribe ...
... hour later , the sight of a fine black - buck kicking in the toils had enormously raised these children of Esau in the Englishman's estimation . " Hard on the hands , your trade , " he had observed to a patriarch of the tribe ...
Page 37
... hour from now he will obtain a shot . The man is a thief , but he is a jungle - dweller , and perhaps , -but let the Presence himself question him . " Now the Sahib was perfectly aware that had not the tale seemed to his servant a ...
... hour from now he will obtain a shot . The man is a thief , but he is a jungle - dweller , and perhaps , -but let the Presence himself question him . " Now the Sahib was perfectly aware that had not the tale seemed to his servant a ...
Page 38
... hour it was . As the sun sank lower so the voices of the jungle acquired new character in the unearthly stillness of the evening . Pea - fowl called like great cats from one forest giant to another , as they as- cended with leaps and ...
... hour it was . As the sun sank lower so the voices of the jungle acquired new character in the unearthly stillness of the evening . Pea - fowl called like great cats from one forest giant to another , as they as- cended with leaps and ...
Page 39
... hour , when , however close the range , accu- rate aiming would be impossible ; the chance must be taken now . The fore- finger felt for the trigger , the grip on stock and barrels tightened , the rifle had journeyed an infinitesimal ...
... hour , when , however close the range , accu- rate aiming would be impossible ; the chance must be taken now . The fore- finger felt for the trigger , the grip on stock and barrels tightened , the rifle had journeyed an infinitesimal ...
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