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We did so for some four hundred yards , then pulled up and dismounted , and
muffling our well - blown nags , we heard the mass of Beelooch cavalry pass
through just where we had turned off . There must have been a very large body of
them ...
We did so for some four hundred yards , then pulled up and dismounted , and
muffling our well - blown nags , we heard the mass of Beelooch cavalry pass
through just where we had turned off . There must have been a very large body of
them ...
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The noosed elephant is then allowed to depart , and he goes off evidently
delighted ; but as the noose becomes contracted at every stride , he finds his
intended flight brought to a close , at a distance of sixty or seventy yards . After
operating ...
The noosed elephant is then allowed to depart , and he goes off evidently
delighted ; but as the noose becomes contracted at every stride , he finds his
intended flight brought to a close , at a distance of sixty or seventy yards . After
operating ...
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The brute that rushed at me I killed within six yards of the elephant Megreath , on
which I was mounted , and which stood to the charge like a rock . I fortunately hit
the rhinoceros in the only vital part , just under the foot of the ear , which is not ...
The brute that rushed at me I killed within six yards of the elephant Megreath , on
which I was mounted , and which stood to the charge like a rock . I fortunately hit
the rhinoceros in the only vital part , just under the foot of the ear , which is not ...
Стр. 90
On approaching within twenty yards , the rhinoceros relinquished the fallen
elephant , and turned to have a charge at me . I brought him on his knees the first
shot , but he recovered , and fought me valiantly ; and , in consequence of my ...
On approaching within twenty yards , the rhinoceros relinquished the fallen
elephant , and turned to have a charge at me . I brought him on his knees the first
shot , but he recovered , and fought me valiantly ; and , in consequence of my ...
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They then tried a pathetic allusion to their wives and families , to which I rejoined ,
that I had no such incumbrances , and should matters come to the worst , a few
yards of black crape would be no very heavy tax to a brace of anxious brothers in
...
They then tried a pathetic allusion to their wives and families , to which I rejoined ,
that I had no such incumbrances , and should matters come to the worst , a few
yards of black crape would be no very heavy tax to a brace of anxious brothers in
...
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| Название | Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepaul, Том 1 Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepaul, Thomas Smith (Captain.) |
| Автор | Thomas Smith (Captain.) |
| Издатель | Colburn, 1852 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Калифорнийский университет |
| Оцифровано | 21 ноя 2007 |
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