| 1839 - 612 pages
...the side of the herd. The stately bull, being readily distinguished from the rest by his dark chesnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...extensive mimosa groves with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in ray saddle, loading and firing behind the elbow, and then placing myself across... | |
| 1839 - 702 pages
...side of the herd. The stately bull being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chestnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...extensive mimosa groves, with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in my saddle, loading and firing behind the elbow, and then placing myself across his... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1839 - 606 pages
...side of the herd. The stately bull, being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chesnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...extensive mimosa groves with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in my saddle, loading and firing behind the elbow, and then placing myself across his... | |
| Sir William Cornwallis Harris - 1839 - 440 pages
...side of the herd. The stately bull, being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chesnut robe, and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...extensive mimosa groves, with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in my saddle, loading and firing behind the elbow, and then placing myself across his... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 614 pages
...side of the herd. The stately bull, being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chesnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...him, should I dismount among the extensive mimosa »roves with which the landscape was now obscured. 1 sat in my saddle, loading and firing behind the... | |
| 1839 - 648 pages
...side of the herd. The stately bull, being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chesnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...shuffle along; and being afraid of losing him, should I diemount, among the extensive mimosa groves, with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in my... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1839 - 602 pages
...side of the herd. The stately hull, being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chesnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...shoulder, with the right hand, and drew both triggers, but lie still continued to shuffle along, and being afraid of losing him, should I dismount, among the... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 pages
...The stately bull being readily distinguishable from the Hunting the Giraffe. rest by his dark chesnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...extensive mimosa groves, with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in my saddle, loading and firing behind the elbow, and then placing myself across his... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 pages
...side of the herd. The stately bull, being readily distinguishable from the rest by his dark chestnut robe and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of...and drew both triggers, but he still continued to shuttle along, and being afraid of losing him, should I dismount, among the extensive mimosa groves... | |
| 1851 - 706 pages
...chestnut robe, and superior stature, I applied the muzzle of my rifle behind his dappled shoulder with my right hand, and drew both triggers; but he still continued...extensive mimosa groves with which the landscape was now obscured, I sat in my saddle, loading and firing behind the elbow, and then placing myself across his... | |
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