| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 páginas
...continued. We walked with the greatest care, making no noise at all. The countenances of the men shewed that they thought themselves engaged in a very serious...loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with a tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. Then the underbush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1861 - 884 páginas
...inches of being six feet in height. They had been cautiously hunting the dense jungle for some hours. " Suddenly Miengai uttered a little cluck with his tongue,...heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. "Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead,... | |
| 1861 - 402 páginas
...cautiously hunting the dense jungle for some hours. "Suddenly Miengai uttered a little cluck with hia tongue, which is the native's way of showing that...heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. " Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead,... | |
| 1861 - 838 páginas
...great beast was tearing • down, probably to get from them the berries and fruits he lives on. t " Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence...tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. " Then the nnderbush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male gorilla. He had... | |
| William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1862 - 642 páginas
...woods the moving of the branches and small trees which the great beast was tearing down, probably tp get from them the berries and fruits he lives on....underbrush swayed rapidly just a-head, and presently stood before us an immense male gorilla. 4 He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ; but when... | |
| James Greenwood - 1862 - 438 páginas
...was tearing down, probably to get from them the berries and fruits he lives on. Suddenly, as we were creeping along in a silence which made a heavy breath...just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense mala He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ; but when he saw our party, he erected himself,... | |
| Thomas Rymer Jones - 1865 - 624 páginas
...formidable Ape in his native woods may be gleaned from M. Du Chaillu's very graphic description : — " Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along in a silence...loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with a tremendous barking roar. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently stood before... | |
| Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - 1869 - 332 páginas
...FACE TO FACE WITH A GORILLA. Gi I remember how close we were to each other. Suddenly, as we were still creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath...of the gorilla. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly ahead, and presently there stood before us an immense male gorilla. He had come through the jungle... | |
| Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - 1869 - 270 páginas
...berries and fruits he lives on. I remember how close we were to each other. Suddenly, as we were still creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath...of the gorilla. Then the underbrush swayed rapidly ahead, and presently there stood before us an immense male gorilla. He had come through the jungle... | |
| John Small - 1876 - 646 páginas
...was right, and then 'we marched on cautiously. 'The singular noise of the breaking of tree branches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making...tremendous barking roar of the Gorilla. ' Then the underbush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male Gorilla. He had... | |
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