The old forest ranger; or, Wild sports of India on the Neilgherry hills, in the jungles and on the plains |
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... heard at intervals , rising in wild discord from the inmost recesses of the woods . On a sunny bank , at the foot of the descent , the armed beaters ( who had been sent on at an early hour in the morning ) were scattered about in ...
... heard at intervals , rising in wild discord from the inmost recesses of the woods . On a sunny bank , at the foot of the descent , the armed beaters ( who had been sent on at an early hour in the morning ) were scattered about in ...
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... heard ; and ere the echo died away amongst the surrounding mountains , the hounds came rushing over the crest of the hill , like driving mists before the blasts of autumn , and dashed gallantly into cover . Behind them advanced a line ...
... heard ; and ere the echo died away amongst the surrounding mountains , the hounds came rushing over the crest of the hill , like driving mists before the blasts of autumn , and dashed gallantly into cover . Behind them advanced a line ...
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... heard in all directions , and next moment many of them were seen rushing from the jungle , and scrambling up the face of the rocks ; whilst , with frantic gestures , they waved to their companions below to fall back . " By heavens ! I ...
... heard in all directions , and next moment many of them were seen rushing from the jungle , and scrambling up the face of the rocks ; whilst , with frantic gestures , they waved to their companions below to fall back . " By heavens ! I ...
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... heard , and he is , no doubt , beyond the leech's aid . But we must bestir ourselves , else the brute will not leave a hound alive . " In the enthusiasm of the moment Mansfield had slung his rifle across his shoulder , and , in spite of ...
... heard , and he is , no doubt , beyond the leech's aid . But we must bestir ourselves , else the brute will not leave a hound alive . " In the enthusiasm of the moment Mansfield had slung his rifle across his shoulder , and , in spite of ...
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... heard of a plurality of husbands ? The thing is impossible . " - " All these " Both possible and true , " replied Mansfield . men , whom you see lounging about , are her husbands . The law of the Todahs allows but one wife to the ...
... heard of a plurality of husbands ? The thing is impossible . " - " All these " Both possible and true , " replied Mansfield . men , whom you see lounging about , are her husbands . The law of the Todahs allows but one wife to the ...
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afore amongst animal appeared auld Ayapah bamboo barrel bear beast beautiful better Bhurmah bison blood boar bound Brahmin brute bushes canna Captain cheroot 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...
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