The Forests of Upper India and Their InhabitantsE. Arnold, 1902 - 344 pàgines |
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Pàgina xii
... rifle and a kukri * the most useful weapons ; while to be able to ride all day on an elephant without feeling the sun , and to camp out in all seasons of intense heat on the plains and of intense cold on the highest hills in the world ...
... rifle and a kukri * the most useful weapons ; while to be able to ride all day on an elephant without feeling the sun , and to camp out in all seasons of intense heat on the plains and of intense cold on the highest hills in the world ...
Pàgina 25
... rifles , always kept loaded , and accompanied by some chaprasis and a brave Dotial gun - bearer , it did not take many minutes to be on the spot . There lay the sickle and a handful of corn , and , alas ! a pool of blood and brains ...
... rifles , always kept loaded , and accompanied by some chaprasis and a brave Dotial gun - bearer , it did not take many minutes to be on the spot . There lay the sickle and a handful of corn , and , alas ! a pool of blood and brains ...
Pàgina 26
... rifles ready in case the tiger should choose to repeat his yesterday's performance . Nothing however came , and on Motee's return , if he had to bewail the loss of his ill - fated wife , he had the satisfaction of having his corn cut ...
... rifles ready in case the tiger should choose to repeat his yesterday's performance . Nothing however came , and on Motee's return , if he had to bewail the loss of his ill - fated wife , he had the satisfaction of having his corn cut ...
Pàgina 30
... - barrelled Westley - Richards rifle , which * Arboricola rufogularis . † Strange to say , a bear will eat his own paw off before he will cut the thong . had knocked over many a kakur and brought the big 30 THE FORESTS OF UPPER INDIA.
... - barrelled Westley - Richards rifle , which * Arboricola rufogularis . † Strange to say , a bear will eat his own paw off before he will cut the thong . had knocked over many a kakur and brought the big 30 THE FORESTS OF UPPER INDIA.
Pàgina 31
... rifle contest prizes at Naini Tal shooting matches against all the North - West Provinces . Jussoo was a marvellous tracker , and could follow the khoj ( track ) over every ground and tell how long ago the beast had passed . He knew ...
... rifle contest prizes at Naini Tal shooting matches against all the North - West Provinces . Jussoo was a marvellous tracker , and could follow the khoj ( track ) over every ground and tell how long ago the beast had passed . He knew ...
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