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... hunters know the places where they feed , and advance to- wards them in the darkness of evening : fixing on the one they wish to secure , they slowly and silently draw near with three of the trained elephants . Sometimes the wild ...
... hunters know the places where they feed , and advance to- wards them in the darkness of evening : fixing on the one they wish to secure , they slowly and silently draw near with three of the trained elephants . Sometimes the wild ...
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... hunters creep under his body and put a rope round each of his legs ; stronger ropes are next passed and repassed from one leg to the other , by means of a forked stick and a kind of hook : the tame elephants then retire to a little ...
... hunters creep under his body and put a rope round each of his legs ; stronger ropes are next passed and repassed from one leg to the other , by means of a forked stick and a kind of hook : the tame elephants then retire to a little ...
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... hunters keeping as much as possible out of sight : as soon as the herd have entered it , the narrow opening is thoroughly barricadoed , and fires lit all around it to drive them forward into the next enclosure ; finally , when the hunters ...
... hunters keeping as much as possible out of sight : as soon as the herd have entered it , the narrow opening is thoroughly barricadoed , and fires lit all around it to drive them forward into the next enclosure ; finally , when the hunters ...
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... shoots him , In this undertaking great skill and caution is requisite , for if the animal is merely wounded , and not killed , he will rush on the hunter , and tear him to pieces with his horns , or trample him to death . THE BISON. ...
... shoots him , In this undertaking great skill and caution is requisite , for if the animal is merely wounded , and not killed , he will rush on the hunter , and tear him to pieces with his horns , or trample him to death . THE BISON. ...
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... hunters generally choose , most of the bisons are so fat and unwieldy as easily to be in- duced to slacken their speed : the hunters then endeavour to strike them just above the ham , so as to divide the tendons , when they fall and ...
... hunters generally choose , most of the bisons are so fat and unwieldy as easily to be in- duced to slacken their speed : the hunters then endeavour to strike them just above the ham , so as to divide the tendons , when they fall and ...
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alum is found ALUM-WORKS animal attached balloon beautiful birds bison boat bookbinder bottom brig BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP bullock called captain carried coal coal-mine cobbler colour contrived cormorants cotton creatures crew danger deck distance dreadful elephant endeavour escape fastened feed feet fire floating fore fore-mast forest Forfarshire GOLDEN EAGLE Grace Darling green turtle Greenland herd hollow horse hundred hunters Hythe INDIAMAN IN DISTRESS Kent kind labour land life-boat light lived masts means Melville Castle michaun narrow nearly nest night ocean passed pelican piece of timber POLAR BEAR Pompey poor porpoise port-holes raft reach river rivet rock rope round Royal George sailors sails sand seamen securely shaft shark ship ship's shore side sometimes soon steam steam-boat steam-vessels storm struck sufficient tiger tion top-mast trees turtle vessel Volney voyage Vryheid WATERSPOUTS waves whale WHIMPER wind wreck young