Stories of the Gorilla CountryHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 292 páginas |
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... poor natives are carried off , one after another , in such numbers that the villages have to be abandoned . The next day we went hunting . I had hardly gone into the forest when I saw , creeping on the ground un- der the dry leaves , an ...
... poor natives are carried off , one after another , in such numbers that the villages have to be abandoned . The next day we went hunting . I had hardly gone into the forest when I saw , creeping on the ground un- der the dry leaves , an ...
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... poor buffalo reared , tossed , roared , and bellowed , but in vain . The leopard's enormous claws were firmly fixed in his victim's body , while his teeth were sunk deeply in the bull's neck . The leopard gave an awful roar , which ...
... poor buffalo reared , tossed , roared , and bellowed , but in vain . The leopard's enormous claws were firmly fixed in his victim's body , while his teeth were sunk deeply in the bull's neck . The leopard gave an awful roar , which ...
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... poor goat's blood . I did not return to the village till morning , for I dared not go outside of my palisade that night . So , the goat being gone , I concluded I had better light a fire , to warm myself , and drive away the musquitoes ...
... poor goat's blood . I did not return to the village till morning , for I dared not go outside of my palisade that night . So , the goat being gone , I concluded I had better light a fire , to warm myself , and drive away the musquitoes ...
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... poor fellow with their voices , assiduously cursed him , and also his father , and especially his mother , as well as his sisters and brothers , and all his ancestors to the remotest generation . A stranger would not have given a ...
... poor fellow with their voices , assiduously cursed him , and also his father , and especially his mother , as well as his sisters and brothers , and all his ancestors to the remotest generation . A stranger would not have given a ...
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... poor king , who had taken the name of his predecessor , was obliged to receive his subjects in his own house , and was not allowed to stir out . The whole time was occu- pied in indescribable gorging of food , and drinking of bad rum ...
... poor king , who had taken the name of his predecessor , was obliged to receive his subjects in his own house , and was not allowed to stir out . The whole time was occu- pied in indescribable gorging of food , and drinking of bad rum ...
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Stories of the Gorilla Country: Narrated for Young People Paul Belloni Du Chaillu Vista completa - 1868 |
Stories of the Gorilla Country: Narrated for Young People Paul Belloni Du Chaillu Vista completa - 1867 |
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Aboko Africa animal appearance approach banks beast beautiful became began believe birds body brought called camp canoe carried CHAPTER chief Cloth coming cooked course covered dark elephant eyes face Fans feet fellow felt fight fire fish forest gave give gorilla ground guns hair hands head heard hour huge hunt hunters Illustrations immediately keep killed kind king leave legs leopard light live looked meat morning natives nearly negroes never night noise once passed piece plantain poor Presently reach ready river round rushed seemed seen shot shouted side slaves sleep snake sometimes soon stood Story suddenly surrounded tell thing thought told took trees village walk wanted watched whole wild wished women wonder woods young
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Página 247 - The mother fell, but the baby clung to her, and, with pitiful cries, endeavoured to attract her attention. I came up, and when it saw me it hid its poor little head in its mother's breast. It could neither walk nor bite, so we could easily manage it ; and I carried it while the men bore the mother on a pole. When we got to the village another scene ensued. The men put the body down, and I set the little fellow near. As soon as he saw his mother he crawled to her and threw himself on her breast. He...
Página 63 - ... began to look about the ruins of the village near which we sat. 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...
Página 266 - When it burned up 93 brightly, a brass ring from the doctor's hand was cast into the pot ; the doctor stood by with a little vase full of grass soaked in water of which he threw in now and then some bits. This made the oil blaze up afresh. At last all was burned out, and now came the trial.
Página 271 - It was a lone male — the kind who are always most ferocious; and this fellow made the woods ring with his roar, which is really an awful sound, resembling very much the rolling and muttering of distant thunder. He was about twenty yards off when we first saw him. We at once gathered together, and I was about to take aim and bring him down where he stood, when Malaouen stopped me, saying, in a whisper, "Not time yet.
Página 242 - ... passed round his head. The face was painted white, and on each side of the mouth were two round red spots. About his neck hung a necklace of 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...
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Página 193 - I sent for some of the forest berries which these animals are known to prefer, and placed these and a cup of water within his reach. He was exceedingly shy, and would neither eat nor drink till I had removed to a considerable distance. The second day found Joe, as I had named him, fiercer than the first. He rushed savagely at any one who stood even for a moment near his cage, and seemed ready to tear us all to pieces. I threw him today some pineapple leaves, of which I noticed he ate only the white...
Página 66 - I caught a glimpse of one of the animals again, but an intervening tree spoiled my mark, and I did not fire. We ran till we were exhausted, but in vain. The alert beasts made good their escape. When we could pursue no more we returned slowly to our camp, where the women were anxiously expecting us.