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" I have fired at a wall; he neither swerved from his course, nor slackened his pace, and pushed on so far ahead during the time I was reloading, that, after remounting, I had some difficulty in even keeping sight of him amongst the trees. Closing again,... "
Narrative of an Expedition Into Southern Africa: During the Years 1836, and ... - Page 144
by Sir William Cornwallis Harris - 1838 - 406 pages
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

1839 - 612 pages
...swerved from his course, nor slackened liis pace, and hail pushed on so far a-liead during the time 1 was reloading, that, after remounting, I had some difficulty in even keeping sight of him among the trees. Closing, however, I repeated the dose on the other quarter, and spurred along my horse,...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 3

1839 - 654 pages
...a wall; he neither swerved from his course nor slackened his pace, and had pushed on so far a-head during the time I was re-loading, that, after re-mounting,...the giraffe now flagging at each stride, until, as 1 was coming up hand over hand, and success seemed certain, down I came headlong, — my horse having...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 3

1839 - 664 pages
...a wall; he neither swerved from his course nor slackened his pace, and had pushed on so far a-hcad during the time I was re-loading, that, after re-mounting,...trees. Closing again, however, I repeated the dose ou the other quarter, and spurred along my horse, ever ami anon sinking to his fetlock; the giraffe...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 36

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 614 pages
...a wall : he neither swerved from his course nor slackened his pace, and had pushed on so far ahead during the time I was reloading, that, after remounting,...difficulty in even keeping sight of him amongst the tree». Closing again, however, I repeated the dose on the other quarter, and spurred along my horse,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 64

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
...slackened his pace, and had push< on so far ahead during the time I was reloading, that, after remounting, had some difficulty in even keeping sight of him amongst the trees. Closii again, however, I repeated the dose on the other quarter, and spurn along my horse, ever and...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1851 - 854 pages
...fired at a wall ; he neither swerved from his course nor slackened his pace, and pushed on so far ahead during the time I was reloading, that, after remounting,...I had some difficulty in even keeping sight of him among the tn os. Closing again, however, I repeated the doso on the other quarter, and spurred my horse...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 29

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 706 pages
...the other quarter, and spurred my horse along, ever and anon sinking to his fetlock — the girarte now flagging at each stride, — until, as I was coming up hand over hand, and success seemed certain, the cup was suddenly dashed from my lips, and down I came headlong — my horse having fallen into...
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The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: Being the Narrative of a Hunting ...

Sir William Cornwallis Harris - 1852 - 492 pages
...wall : he neither swerved from his course, nor slackened his pace, and had pushed on so far a-head during the time I was reloading, that after remounting,...I had some difficulty in even keeping sight of him among the trees. Closing again, however, I repeated the dose on the other quarter, and spurred along...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 880 pages
...dose on the other quarter, and spurred m; horse along, ever and anon sinking to his fet lock-»-the giraffe now flagging at each stride— until, as I was coming up hand-over-hand, an< success seemed certain, the cup was sudden!; dashed from my lips, and down I came...
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Wild Scenes in a Hunter's Life: Including Cumming's Adventures Among the ...

1853 - 498 pages
...neither swerved from his course or slackened his pace, and pushed on so far ahead during the time that I was reloading, that, after remounting, I had some difficulty in even keeping sight of him among the trees. Closing again, however, I repeated the dose on the other quarter, and spurred my horse...
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