The Wild Sports of Southern Africa: Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, Through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of CapricornPelham Richardson, 1844 - 359 halaman |
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amongst Andries Animals of Southern antelope appearance arrived assagai attack banks beads Bechuana bush camp Cape Colonists carcase Cashan mountains cattle Chaka colony colour commando Delagoa Bay desert despatched despot Dingaan distance elands elephants emigrants encamped expedition eyes farmers feet fire followers formed Game and Wild giraffe gnoos Graaff Reinet grass Griquas ground hair hand hartebeest head herds hills Hippopotamus horns horses Hottentots hundred hunting hyænas inches journey Kafir Kalipi Kapain king king's kraal Kuruman length Limpopo Lingap lions Majesty Mammæ mane Matabili miles Mohanycom morning Mosega Moselekatse Natal neck night obtained ostrich oxen party passed Piet plain Port Natal Portraits of Game possession present proceeded quadruped quaggas rhinoceros rifle sassaybes savage scene seen shot shoulder side Southern Africa spot stream tail trees tribe troops Vaal River waggons warriors whilst white rhinoceros whole Wild Animals Zooloo
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Halaman 197 - I applied the muzzle of my rifle behind his dappled shoulder, with the right hand, and drew both triggers, but he still continued to shuffle along, and being afraid of losing him, should I dismount, among the extensive mimosa groves with which the...
Halaman 196 - Hottentots on horseback, all excepting Piet had as usual slipped off unperceived in pursuit of a troop of koodoos. Our stealthy approach was soon opposed by an ill-tempered rhinoceros, which, with her ugly...
Halaman 56 - The banks are precipitous — the channel deep, broken, and rocky — clusters of reeds and long grass indicating those spots which retain the water during the hot months. It was with no small difficulty, after crossing the river, that I forced my way through the broad belt of tangled bushes which margined the edge. The moonless night was fast, closing around, and my weary horse again began to droop.
Halaman 206 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Halaman 197 - I leisurely contemplated the massive frame before me, seeming as though it had been cast in a mould of brass, and protected by a hide of an inch and a half in thickness, it was no longer matter of astonishment that a bullet discharged from a distance of eighty or ninety yards should have been attended with little effect upon such amazing strength. The extreme...
Halaman 252 - Soon we raise the eye to range O'er prospects wild, grotesque, and strange; Sterile mountains, rough and steep, That bound abrupt the valley deep, Heaving to the clear blue sky Their ribs of granite bare and dry, And ridges, by the torrents worn, Thinly streaked with scraggy thorn, Which fringes Nature's savage dress Yet scarce relieves her nakedness.
Halaman 55 - I had no difficulty in closing in with them, dismounting as opportunity offered, firing both barrels of my rifle into the retreating phalanx, and leaving the ground strewed with the slain.
Halaman 60 - I could not estimate the accumulated numbers at less than fifteen thousand ; a great extent of country being actually chequered black and white with their congregated masses. As the panic caused by the report of our rifles, extended, clouds of dust hovered over them ; and the long necks of troops of ostriches were also to be seen, towering above the heads of their less gigantic neighbours, and sailing past with astonishing rapidity.
Halaman 171 - ... wagons within a few hundred yards of the spot. The whole herd dashed through the camp, causing indescribable consternation amongst cattle and followers, but fortunately no accident occurred; and after the fatiguing day's work we had undergone, we were not sorry to find ourselves at home. Watery clouds hung about the sun as he set heavily behind the mountains. Loud peals of crashing thunder rent the air, and ere it was yet dark, we had a repetition of yesterday's storm ; the river roaring past...
Halaman 182 - The hide is upwards of an inch and a half in thickness, and being scarcely flexible, may be dragged from the ribs in strips like the planks from a ship's side.