 | John Murray (Firm) - 1864 - 430 Seiten
...inhabitants of the neighbourhood came in great numbers, both horse nd foot: tlie horsemen rode oil' the '1 from the rest of the herd until he stood at bay, when...marksman dismounted and shot. At -some of these huntings, 20 or 30 shots have been fired Ix'fore he was subdued; on such occasions, the bleeding victim grew... | |
 | William Jardine - 1866 - 422 Seiten
...inhahitants of the neighhourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, ice. and sometimes to the amount of an hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who...or got into trees, while the horsemen rode off the hull from the rest of the herd, until he stood at hay ; when a marksman dismounted, and shot. At some... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 Seiten
...<fcc., sometimes to the number of a hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who stood upon walk, or got into trees, while the horsemen rode off the...stood at bay, when a marksman dismounted and shot him. At some of these huntings, twenty or thirty shots have been fired before he was subdued. On such... | |
 | Caroline Bray - 1871 - 190 Seiten
...or five hundred on foot, some of whom stood upon walls and got up trees, while the horsemen drove a bull from the rest of the herd until he stood at bay, when a marksman dismounted and shot him. But so dangerous was this mode of killing the bull, and so many accidents always happened from... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 Seiten
...other weapons. Those on foot stood upon the walls, or got into trees, while the horsemen rode off a Bull from the rest of the herd, until he stood at bay, when they dismounted and fired. At some of these huntings twenty or thirty shots have been fired before... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1873 - 502 Seiten
...on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came in great numbers, both horse and foot : the horsemen rode off the bull from the rest of the herd until he stood at bay, when a marksman lismounted and shot. At some of these huntings, 20 or 30 shots have been fired before the bull was... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1876 - 444 Seiten
...or other weapons. Those on foot stood upon the walls, or got into trees, while the horsemen drove a bull from the rest of the herd until he stood at bay, when they dismounted and fired. Sometimes, on these occasions, twenty or thirty shots have been fired before... | |
 | William Howitt - 1888 - 412 Seiten
...and four or five hundred foot, who stood upon walls, or got into trees, while the horsemen rode out the bull from the rest of the herd, until he stood...and shot. At some of these huntings twenty or thirty of these shots have been fired before he was subdued. On such occasions the bleeding victim grew desperately... | |
 | James Wilson - 1909 - 168 Seiten
...inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed with guns, etc., sometimes to the amount of an hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who...horsemen rode off the bull from the rest of the herd till he stood at bay, when a marksman dismounted and shot. At some of these huntings twenty or thirty... | |
 | Rogerson and Tuxford - 1852 - 624 Seiten
...inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c., sometimes to the amount of an hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who...the rest of the herd, until he stood at bay; when n marksman dismounted and shot. At some of these huntings, twenty or thirty of these shots have been... | |
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The mode of killing them was perhaps the only remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting : — On notice being given that a Wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed with guns, &c. 
