Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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... Springs - Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Natural History and Chemical Composition of Springs - Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion .. CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS OF AFRICA . 244 ...
... Springs - Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Natural History and Chemical Composition of Springs - Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion .. CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS OF AFRICA . 244 ...
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... spring , rarely falls his victim . Wider ravages are committed by the hyena , not the strong- est , but the most ferocious and untameable of all the beasts of prey . These creatures , by moving in numerous hands , achieve what is beyond ...
... spring , rarely falls his victim . Wider ravages are committed by the hyena , not the strong- est , but the most ferocious and untameable of all the beasts of prey . These creatures , by moving in numerous hands , achieve what is beyond ...
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... then saw a very large red lion , with the head couched between the fore - paws . His eyes were fixed as by fascination on this soverein of the beasts , and he expected every moment the fatal spring ; but the savage 92 PARK'S FIRST JOURNEY .
... then saw a very large red lion , with the head couched between the fore - paws . His eyes were fixed as by fascination on this soverein of the beasts , and he expected every moment the fatal spring ; but the savage 92 PARK'S FIRST JOURNEY .
Pàgina 93
... spring ; but the savage animal , either not pressed by hunger or struck with some mysterious awe , remained immoveable , and allowed the party to pass unmolested . Real misery arose from a meaner cause , namely , the amazing swarms of ...
... spring ; but the savage animal , either not pressed by hunger or struck with some mysterious awe , remained immoveable , and allowed the party to pass unmolested . Real misery arose from a meaner cause , namely , the amazing swarms of ...
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... springs , a small edifice with walls six feet thick , partly painted and adorned with hieroglyphics . There are also antique tombs in the neighbouring mountains ; but as the subsequent dis- coveries of Belzoni and Edmonston have proved ...
... springs , a small edifice with walls six feet thick , partly painted and adorned with hieroglyphics . There are also antique tombs in the neighbouring mountains ; but as the subsequent dis- coveries of Belzoni and Edmonston have proved ...
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