Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South AfricaG. Routledge & Company, 1858 - 327 páginas |
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... feet long , and seemed a string of muscles . He disappointed me by his craven surrender ; a salmon would have given far more play . Great interest was shown in inspecting the shark's in- terior ; a button marked V R or R N might have ...
... feet long , and seemed a string of muscles . He disappointed me by his craven surrender ; a salmon would have given far more play . Great interest was shown in inspecting the shark's in- terior ; a button marked V R or R N might have ...
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... feet - wide wings from tip to tip , threw him overboard , when he was furiously attacked by his cousins , who , Chinaman - like , seemed to think death the only fit reward for his having dealt with the white travellers . We entered ...
... feet - wide wings from tip to tip , threw him overboard , when he was furiously attacked by his cousins , who , Chinaman - like , seemed to think death the only fit reward for his having dealt with the white travellers . We entered ...
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... feet in height : they are nearly black , and have woolly hair , although the features are in many cases almost European . The intombi's , or young girls , are often quite pretty , with wild , free , dark eyes , that may well plead as ...
... feet in height : they are nearly black , and have woolly hair , although the features are in many cases almost European . The intombi's , or young girls , are often quite pretty , with wild , free , dark eyes , that may well plead as ...
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... feet , whirling an assagy , but only in time to receive a heavy charge of buckshot in the breast , followed up by a bullet , which terminated the career of a Kaffir well known for his daring and cattle - stealing propensities . That the ...
... feet , whirling an assagy , but only in time to receive a heavy charge of buckshot in the breast , followed up by a bullet , which terminated the career of a Kaffir well known for his daring and cattle - stealing propensities . That the ...
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... clear . I had just got my foot out of the stirrup and was throwing my leg over him , when he fell down several feet , with me on the top of him . The whole of this took place in a few 28 AN ACCIDENT . seconds . The dirt , dust.
... clear . I had just got my foot out of the stirrup and was throwing my leg over him , when he fell down several feet , with me on the top of him . The whole of this took place in a few 28 AN ACCIDENT . seconds . The dirt , dust.
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alarm amongst animal appeared assagies baboon birds Boers branches buck buffalo bull bullet bush bush-buck Cape CAPTAIN MARRYAT cattle cloth extra cloth gilt cloth lettered Coloured distance drink dropped Dutchmen elands elephants English eyes fcap feet fire followed frequently gallop gave gilt edges give grass Harrison Weir hartebeest head heard herd hippopotamus horse Hottentot hundred yards hyæna Illustrations Inkau Inyovu James Godwin John Gilbert Kaffirs killed kloof kraal legs leopard look Mabili miles Monyosi move Natal nearly night once party passed Peshauna Pietermaritzburg post 8vo quietly ravine reitbok ride rode round savage seemed seen shooting shot shoulder sight snake soon sort South Africa spoor sport stopped story suddenly thought told tree troop trunk turned ubisi Umganie waggons walked watched wild William Harvey wounded young
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