... 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 - Seite 139von James Rennie - 1839 - 324 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1830 - 398 Seiten
...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 - 532 Seiten
...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 - 474 Seiten
...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 - 390 Seiten
...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 - 612 Seiten
...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 - 476 Seiten
..." 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 - 440 Seiten
...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 - 700 Seiten
...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 - 400 Seiten
...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 - 328 Seiten
...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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