 It is well known that if one in a troop of lions is killed, the others take the hint, and leave that part of the country. So the next time the herds were attacked, I went with the people, in order to encourage them to rid themselves of the annoyance by...  Explorations in Africa - Seite 47von Lurton Dunham Ingersoll, David Livingstone - 1872 - 412 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 Seiten
...order to encourage them to rid themselves of the lions by destroying one of their number. We fouml the lions on a small hill about a quarter of a mile...below on the plain with a native schoolmaster named Mebalme, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock within the closed... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Knox - 1888 - 500 Seiten
...the herds were attacked I went with the people in order to encourage them to rid themselves of the 29 annoyance by destroying one of the marauders. We found...and they gradually closed up, ascending pretty near each other. Being down below on the plain, with a native schoolmaster named Mebalwe, a most excellent... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1889 - 240 Seiten
...The next time, therefore, the herds were attacked, I went with the people to encourage them to rid themselves of the annoyance by destroying one of the marauders. We found the animals on a small hill covered with trees. The men formed round it in a circle, and gradually closed... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 Seiten
...So the next time the herds were attacked, I went with the people in order to encourage them to rid themselves of the annoyance by destroying one of the...the plain with a native schoolmaster, named Mebalwe, I saw one of the lions sitting upon a piece of rock, within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe fired... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 602 Seiten
...and Diseoveries in Eastern Africa from 1865 to Within a Few Days of His Death. ENCOUNTER WITH A LION. We found the lions on a small hill about a quarter...below on the plain with a native school-master, named Mebdlwe — a most excellent man — I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock within the now... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1901 - 302 Seiten
...The next time, therefore, the herds were attacked, I went with the people to encourage them to rid themselves of the annoyance by destroying one of the marauders. We found the animals on a small hill covered with trees. The men formed round it in a circle, and gradually closed... | |
 | Herbert Francis William Tatham - 1921 - 328 Seiten
...The next time, therefore, the herds were attacked, I went with the people to encourage them to rid themselves of the annoyance by destroying one of the marauders. We found the animals on a small bill covered with trees. The men formed round in a circle, and gradually closed... | |
 | 604 Seiten
...inspiring them with some measure of courage. The doctor says : " "VVe found the lions on a small hill. A circle of men was formed round it, and they gradually...ascending pretty near to each other. Being down below with the native schoolmaster, named Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on... | |
 | 1882 - 708 Seiten
...character of the narrator, might have been classed with those of the "Baron." " We found some lions upon a small hill, about a quarter of a mile in length,...and covered with trees. A circle of men was formed around it, ascending pretty near to each other. Being down below in the plain with a native schoolmaster... | |
 | 1878 - 372 Seiten
...cheered the frightened people, and off thoy went. He says : " We found the lions on a small hill abont a quarter of a mile in length, and covered with trees. A circle of men was formed round ib, and they gradually closed np, ascending pretty near to each other. Being down below on the plain... | |
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