Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals |
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Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa ; with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People , and of the Chase of the Gorilla , the Crocodile , Leopard , Elephant , Hippopotamus , and other Animals .
Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa ; with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People , and of the Chase of the Gorilla , the Crocodile , Leopard , Elephant , Hippopotamus , and other Animals .
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EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA ; WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE , AND OF THE CHASE OF THE GORILLA , THE CROCODILE , LEOPARD , ELEPHANT , HIPPOPOTAMUS , AND OTHER ANIMALS .
EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA ; WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE , AND OF THE CHASE OF THE GORILLA , THE CROCODILE , LEOPARD , ELEPHANT , HIPPOPOTAMUS , AND OTHER ANIMALS .
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Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the ... Paul Belloni Du Chaillu Vista de fragmentos - 1971 |
Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the ... Paul Belloni Du Chaillu Vista de fragmentos - 1969 |
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Africa animal appearance approach arms asked attack Bakalai banks beast began birds body brought Calf called canoe Cape carry chief cloth coast course covered determined eyes face fear feet fellow female fire forest four friends gave give gorilla ground guns hair half hands head heard huge hunt hunters immediately inches interior keep killed kind king leaves less live look male meat miles morning mouth natives negroes never night once party passed piece plantains poor presently reached ready river season seemed seen sent shore shot side slaves sometimes spirit stood stream thing thought told took town trade traveler trees tribes turned village walk watched whole wild wives women woods young
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Página 104 - Presently we passed a woman who solved all doubt. She bore with her a piece of the thigh of a human body, just as we should go to market and carry thence a roast or steak.
Página 84 - A degenerate kind of sugar-cane was growing on the very spot where the houses had formerly stood, and I made haste to pluck some of this and chew it for the little sweetness it had. But, as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the roots, and lying about in fragments which had evidently been chewed. I knew that these were fresh tracks of the gorilla, and joy filled my heart. My men looked at...
Página 243 - Guns in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly toward a clump of wood, where the baby Gorilla evidently was. They knew the mother would be near ; and there was a likelihood that the male, the most dreaded of all, might be there too. But they determined to risk all, and, if at all possible, to take the young one alive, knowing what a joy it would be for me. " Presently they perceived the bush moving; and crawling a little...
Página 285 - ... grass and also a cord, which held a box against his breast. This little box is sacred, and contains spirits. A number of strips of leopard and other skins crossed his breast, and were exposed about his person ; and all these were charmed, and had charms attached to them. From each shoulder down to his hands was a white stripe, and one hand was painted quite white.
Página 360 - The black men run for their lives. Every animal that lives in their line of march is chased. They seem to understand and act upon the tactics of Napoleon, and concentrate, with great speed, their heaviest forces upon the point of attack. In an incredibly short space of time the mouse, or dog, or leopard, or deer is overwhelmed, killed, eaten, and the bare skeleton only remains. They seem to travel night and day. Many a time...
Página 120 - They spoke without embarrassment about the whole matter, and I was informed that they constantly buy the dead of the Osheba tribe, who in return buy theirs. They also buy the dead of other families in their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great many slaves from the Mbochos and Mbondemos, for which they readily give ivory at the rate of a small tusk for a body.
Página 98 - ... king of the African forest. He was not afraid of us. He stood there, and beat his breast with his huge fists till it resounded like an immense bass-drum, which is their mode of offering defiance ; meantime giving vent to roar after roar.
Página 331 - At that time he used to crawl in on his tiptoes, move slyly toward my bed, look at my closed eyes, and, if he saw no movement, with an air of great relief go up and pluck several plantains. If I stirred in the least he was off like a flash, and would presently reenter for another inspection. If my eyes were open when he came in on such a predatory...
Página 98 - The singular noise of the breaking of treebranches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making no noise at all. The countenances of the men showed that they thought themselves engaged in a very serious undertaking ; but we pushed on, until finally we thought we saw through the thick woods the moving of the branches and small trees which the great beast was tearing down, probably to get from them the berries and fruits he lives on. "Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence which...
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| Título | Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu |
| Autor | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu |
| Editor | Harper & brothers, 1861 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 9 Ene. 2008 |
| Largo | 531 páginas |
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