The Ibex of Shā-ping: And Other Himalayan Studies, C by Lieut. L. B. Rundall ... with Numerous Pen and Ink Sketches and Coloured Plates by the AuthorMacmillan and Company, limited, 1915 - 151 Seiten |
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IBEX OF SHA-PING & OTHER HIMAL L. B. (Lionel Bickersteth) 189 Rundall Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alan animal Ardroon beast began Bharla bird black bear bleating boulders brown bear BRUNDALL bushes cautiously cave chevaux de frise cliff climbed close clouds cock cold covey creeping crept crest crouching crystal water cubs dark deep deodars eagle edge emerald esquires eyes farther side fawns fell fire flock forests forward gaunt gazing glacier grass grew grey Gurkha head heard hill hill-side Himalayas horns huge hunted IBEX OF SHA-PING Laluni lammergeier ledge looked lying maize monal mother moun mountain mountain-side nearer noiselessly old ibex once orderlies peaks pheasant pierce pine playmates point of rock precipice ravine rhododendrons ridge rifle roar rock round sahib seemed seraow shadow sharp sheep shepherd shikari shot sight silence slopes slowly snow snow-cock sound SPRITES spur stalk steep stone stood stream suddenly tains terrace terror torrent tragopan tree-trunk trees turned valley watching wild Willoughby wind wound
Beliebte Passagen
Seite iv - DO you know the world's white roof-tree — do you know that windy rift Where the baffling mountain-eddies chop and change? Do you know the long day's patience, belly-down on frozen drift, While the head of heads is feeding out of range? It is there that I am going, where the boulders and the snow lie, With a trusty, nimble tracker that I know. I have sworn an oath, to keep it on the Horns of Ovis Poll, And the Red Gods call me out and I must gol He must go — go, etc.
Seite 53 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.
Seite 52 - ... what person wishing to preserve a character for truth would be the relator of this extraordinary phenomenon? I was soon left alone in the midst of this noble forest, and, although full of hunters, horses, hounds, and horns, no sound reached my ear, so extensive is the forest; and more extraordinary, not even the hum of an insect, or the chirp of a bird. For two hours I wandered in its most retired parte, and during that time met with no living creature except one jay.