The old forest ranger; or, Wild sports of India on the Neilgherry hills, in the jungles and on the plains |
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Walter Campbell (writer on India.) Doctor's face one of the most perfectly mirth - inspiring we have ever had the good fortune to meet with . Of his character we shall only say , that under this rough exterior our friend the Doctor ...
Walter Campbell (writer on India.) Doctor's face one of the most perfectly mirth - inspiring we have ever had the good fortune to meet with . Of his character we shall only say , that under this rough exterior our friend the Doctor ...
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... Doctor expended more than his usual allowance of ammunition , with even less than his usual success . The party had assembled at luncheon by the time Mansfield and Charles joined them ; and , as they approached , their ears were saluted ...
... Doctor expended more than his usual allowance of ammunition , with even less than his usual success . The party had assembled at luncheon by the time Mansfield and Charles joined them ; and , as they approached , their ears were saluted ...
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... Doctor , who was well accustomed to the old gentleman's eccentric ways , and knew him to be one of those privileged cha- racters who say and do whatever they like , without giving offence to any one , sat very coolly exploring the ...
... Doctor , who was well accustomed to the old gentleman's eccentric ways , and knew him to be one of those privileged cha- racters who say and do whatever they like , without giving offence to any one , sat very coolly exploring the ...
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... Doctor's heretical plan of employing " plenty o ' pouther , and a nievefu ' o ' grit shot , " is unknown , although , I suspect , he was just on the point of consigning the Doctor and his fusee to the bottomless pit . But , luckily for ...
... Doctor's heretical plan of employing " plenty o ' pouther , and a nievefu ' o ' grit shot , " is unknown , although , I suspect , he was just on the point of consigning the Doctor and his fusee to the bottomless pit . But , luckily for ...
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... Doctor , " I beg that you will keep your eyes open , and try for once to shoot like a gentle- man . By the beard of the Prophet ! if you allow the tiger to pass , as you did the deer yesterday , I shall be tempted to send you a ...
... Doctor , " I beg that you will keep your eyes open , and try for once to shoot like a gentle- man . By the beard of the Prophet ! if you allow the tiger to pass , as you did the deer yesterday , I shall be tempted to send you a ...
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amongst animal appeared auld Ayapah bamboo barrel bear beast beautiful better Bhurmah bison blood boar bound Brahmin brute bushes canna Captain cheroot cloth companions Cotwall cousin cried Mansfield dashed deer devil ears elephant exclaimed Mansfield eyes fcap feel feet fire followed forest Forest Ranger frae ground hand head heard heart Heels honour horse hounds howdah ibex India Ishmail Jemmadar jungle Kamah killed lads laughing look Low Country M'Phee Mahout Maister Charles Mansfield and Charles matchlock maun Miss Kate Mons Meg morning natives Neilgherry Hills never Old Forest old Lorimer Ootacamund panther poor ravine replied Mansfield replied the Doctor rifle roar rock Sahib savage Shikarees shot shoulder side sight smiling spear sport sportsmen stag stood tent thou tiger tigress Todahs trail tree turned venison village watching Watty weapon weel whilst wild wounded young
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Стр. 239 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald : — how profound The gulf ! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which, downward worn and rent, With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent LXXI.
Стр. 239 - The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX.
Стр. 130 - It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to...
Стр. 240 - Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness...