Thirty Years of ShikarW. Blackwood & Sons, 1895 - 373 páginas |
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... CREATURE " 73 333 66 ONE OF THE CAVALRY CHARGED HOME 106 66 NEVER DID THE BREAKING OF AN INDIAN DAY SEEM SO TARDY " 154 " IN AN ALMOST OPEN PATCH OF SCRUB , WITH ONE PAW " RESTING UPON THE BODY 186 66 ,, THE ELEPHANT BOLTED AMONG THE ...
... CREATURE " 73 333 66 ONE OF THE CAVALRY CHARGED HOME 106 66 NEVER DID THE BREAKING OF AN INDIAN DAY SEEM SO TARDY " 154 " IN AN ALMOST OPEN PATCH OF SCRUB , WITH ONE PAW " RESTING UPON THE BODY 186 66 ,, THE ELEPHANT BOLTED AMONG THE ...
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... creature they hunted , -songs with a refrain that was generally to the effect that " the boar , the boar , the mighty boar " was blessed with all the virile virtues . Possibly in moments of enthusiasm and wassail this animal may have ...
... creature they hunted , -songs with a refrain that was generally to the effect that " the boar , the boar , the mighty boar " was blessed with all the virile virtues . Possibly in moments of enthusiasm and wassail this animal may have ...
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... creature worth Rs . 2000 or Rs . 3000. And while still a young man he was free to come home to England , where he has so far succeeded with his English stud that he has won his Derby . What a revelation of sport was that fortnight spent ...
... creature worth Rs . 2000 or Rs . 3000. And while still a young man he was free to come home to England , where he has so far succeeded with his English stud that he has won his Derby . What a revelation of sport was that fortnight spent ...
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... creatures that dashed themselves against the candle - shades in battalions , and upon the burning wicks in pla- toons , and generally make night terrible for any one but the most ardent entomologist in a new field of research . I was ...
... creatures that dashed themselves against the candle - shades in battalions , and upon the burning wicks in pla- toons , and generally make night terrible for any one but the most ardent entomologist in a new field of research . I was ...
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... creatures resulted in a crushing failure . A panther was marked down for me in a small thicket , and I went forth to do for it . When I reached the ground the panther was still there , and a keen- eyed native pointed it out to me ...
... creatures resulted in a crushing failure . A panther was marked down for me in a small thicket , and I went forth to do for it . When I reached the ground the panther was still there , and a keen- eyed native pointed it out to me ...
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