Wild Sports of the World: A Book of Natural History and AdventureHarper & brothers, 1870 - 474 páginas |
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... shoulder , " the " rogue " becomes less timid of mankind , and breaks through the fences the native erects round his crop of green rice and his planta- tion of young cocoa - nuts , demolishing the labor of weeks in an hour or so . The ...
... shoulder , " the " rogue " becomes less timid of mankind , and breaks through the fences the native erects round his crop of green rice and his planta- tion of young cocoa - nuts , demolishing the labor of weeks in an hour or so . The ...
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... shoulders and shuffle off with him to the depths of the jungle . HOW HE IS TRAPPED AND TAMED . THE African ivory trade dates from a remote period . When Rome was at the height of her barbaric splendor , she drew largely on Africa not ...
... shoulders and shuffle off with him to the depths of the jungle . HOW HE IS TRAPPED AND TAMED . THE African ivory trade dates from a remote period . When Rome was at the height of her barbaric splendor , she drew largely on Africa not ...
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... shoulders with a large iron hook for the purpose of guiding the elephant , may immediate- ly be supplied if he should be thrown down . The riders animate the elephants either by soothing words , or by chiding them as cow- ards , and ...
... shoulders with a large iron hook for the purpose of guiding the elephant , may immediate- ly be supplied if he should be thrown down . The riders animate the elephants either by soothing words , or by chiding them as cow- ards , and ...
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... shoulder to his , and " backed " him , while every inch of rope thus gained was hauled in by the female at the tree , till he was fairly brought to a stand at the foot thereof . The other tame elephant now came up , and , shielded by ...
... shoulder to his , and " backed " him , while every inch of rope thus gained was hauled in by the female at the tree , till he was fairly brought to a stand at the foot thereof . The other tame elephant now came up , and , shielded by ...
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... shoulder . It was a wonderful escape for the Englishman , as the mahout , or driver , had deserted his post on the elephant's neck ; and if " Dish- nave " had run , as a badly trained or cowardly animal would have done , the lives of ...
... shoulder . It was a wonderful escape for the Englishman , as the mahout , or driver , had deserted his post on the elephant's neck ; and if " Dish- nave " had run , as a badly trained or cowardly animal would have done , the lives of ...
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