Tangweera: Life and Adventures Among Gentle SavagesE. Arnold, 1899 - 318 pàgines |
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... coming up we found they had driven a large puma into a tree , on which it lay crouching flat against a sloping branch . In this position it was difficult to hit it , and several shots were fired before one took effect . The puma snarled ...
... coming up we found they had driven a large puma into a tree , on which it lay crouching flat against a sloping branch . In this position it was difficult to hit it , and several shots were fired before one took effect . The puma snarled ...
Pàgina 43
... coming from the east , they rise over the horizon black as night , or rather a ghastly bluish - black . Often waterspouts precede them . As they approach , the sky is overcast , the strong trade wind dies away , the wind comes off the ...
... coming from the east , they rise over the horizon black as night , or rather a ghastly bluish - black . Often waterspouts precede them . As they approach , the sky is overcast , the strong trade wind dies away , the wind comes off the ...
Pàgina 51
... coming on , they ascend to the high trees to sleep . The wees then begin to arrive , at first in small numbers , presently followed by immense flocks . On first arriving , feeling strange , they keep to the highest trees , and in the ...
... coming on , they ascend to the high trees to sleep . The wees then begin to arrive , at first in small numbers , presently followed by immense flocks . On first arriving , feeling strange , they keep to the highest trees , and in the ...
Pàgina 61
... coming round between the point and the island , we found a rough and breaking sea . One breaker took the canoe in the stern , buried the bow under water , and rolled us over and over . One after another the breakers rolled the canoe ...
... coming round between the point and the island , we found a rough and breaking sea . One breaker took the canoe in the stern , buried the bow under water , and rolled us over and over . One after another the breakers rolled the canoe ...
Pàgina 63
... coming gusts , and after a few of these had passed , with intervals of calm , the sea - breeze came down in earnest . The breeze was well to the north and behind us , so we carried on in great style , and tore through the water . About ...
... coming gusts , and after a few of these had passed , with intervals of calm , the sea - breeze came down in earnest . The breeze was well to the north and behind us , so we carried on in great style , and tore through the water . About ...
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