In the Tropical Regions; Or, Nature and Natural History in the Torrid Zone. With Anecdotes and Stories of Adventure and Travel. [With Illustrations.]

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T. Nelson and Sons, 1882 - 251 halaman
 

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Halaman 121 - He was not afraid of us. He stood there, and beat his breast with his huge fists till it resounded like an immense bass-drum, which is their mode of offering defiance ; meantime giving vent to roar after roar. The roar of the gorilla is the most singular and awful noise heard in these African woods. It begins with a sharp bark, like an angry dog, then glides into a deep bass roll, which literally and closely resembles the roll of distant thunder along the sky, for which I have sometimes been tempted...
Halaman 121 - I did not see the animal. So deep is it that it seems to proceed less from the mouth and throat than from the deep chest and vast paunch. " His eyes began to flash fiercer fire as we stood motionless on the defensive, and the crest of short hair which stands on his forehead began to twitch rapidly up and down, while his powerful fangs were shown as he again sent forth a thunderous roar. And now, truly, he reminded...
Halaman 121 - Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous barking roar of the gorilla. "Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ; but when he saw our party he erected himself and looked us boldly in the face.
Halaman 122 - With a groan which had something terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, he fell forward on his face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved about in a struggling way, and then all was quiet — death had done its work, and I had leisure to examine the huge body. It proved to be five feet eight inches high, and the muscular development of the arms and breast showed what immense strength it had possessed.
Halaman 122 - ... which we find pictured by old artists in some representations of the infernal regions. He advanced a few steps - then stopped to utter that hideous roar again - advanced again, and finally stopped when at a distance of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him.
Halaman 63 - Millions of millions thus, from age to age, With simplest skill and toil unweariable, No moment and no movement unimproved, Laid line on line, on terrace terrace spread, To swell the heightening, brightening gradual mound, By marvellous structure climbing towards the day.
Halaman 237 - Engravings. Price 2s. INSTRUCTIVE SERIES OF SHILLING BOOKS. Each -with Coloured Frontispiece, and Numerous Engravings. Royal 18mo, cloth. Wonders Of Creation : Volcanoes and their Phenomena. With 34 Engravings. Nature's Wonders : Pictures of Remarkable Scenes in Foreign Lands. With 30 Engravings. Wonders of the Vegetable World, with 32 Engravings.
Halaman 138 - Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of some broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumnal storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks.
Halaman 136 - ... a swelling appears under the jaw and sometimes at the navel ; and, though the animal continues to graze, emaciation commences, accompanied with a peculiar flaccidity of the muscles, and this proceeds unchecked until, perhaps months afterward, purging comes on, and the animal, no longer able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion.
Halaman 90 - I heard a furious snorting and plunging amongst the neighbouring bushes. I now arose, though with great difficulty, and made my way, in the best manner I was able, towards a large tree near at hand, for shelter; but this precaution was needless ; the beast, for the time at least, showed no inclination further to molest me. Either in the...

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