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Page 4
... looks upon as game . This last attribute is in- dispensable ; without it he may kill , but he is not a sportsman . We have , therefore , come to the conclusion , that the character of a country influences the character of the sport ...
... looks upon as game . This last attribute is in- dispensable ; without it he may kill , but he is not a sportsman . We have , therefore , come to the conclusion , that the character of a country influences the character of the sport ...
Page 6
... looks above him to the rocky pinnacles which spring from the level plain , their swarthy cliffs glistening from the recent shower , and patches of rich verdure clinging to precipices a thousand feet above him . His eye stretches along ...
... looks above him to the rocky pinnacles which spring from the level plain , their swarthy cliffs glistening from the recent shower , and patches of rich verdure clinging to precipices a thousand feet above him . His eye stretches along ...
Page 37
... look round and see his welcome figure on the steep bank . Another moment , a tremendous splash , and he is among his hounds , and all are swimming towards their noble game . At them he comes . with a fierce rush . Avoid him as you best ...
... look round and see his welcome figure on the steep bank . Another moment , a tremendous splash , and he is among his hounds , and all are swimming towards their noble game . At them he comes . with a fierce rush . Avoid him as you best ...
Page 40
... look out for the animal's tusks . If the dogs were of not sufficient courage to rush in and seize the boar when halload on , no man could approach him in a thick jungle with only a hunting knife , as he would in all probability have his ...
... look out for the animal's tusks . If the dogs were of not sufficient courage to rush in and seize the boar when halload on , no man could approach him in a thick jungle with only a hunting knife , as he would in all probability have his ...
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... look at the herd , but I kept my eye upon the big bull leader . On they flew and were within thirty paces of us when I took a steady shot with the four - ounce , and the leading bull plunged head foremost in the turf turning a complete ...
... look at the herd , but I kept my eye upon the big bull leader . On they flew and were within thirty paces of us when I took a steady shot with the four - ounce , and the leading bull plunged head foremost in the turf turning a complete ...
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animal arrived Badulla ball Banda bank barrel Batticaloa boar Bran buck buffalos bull Ceylon charge chase chéna close coolies dead deep deer dense distance dogs Edinburgh Review Edition Engravings feet fired formed four-ounce rifle full speed greyhounds ground gun-bearers guns head heard herd high grass hill horses hounds hundred yards hunting immediately instant JAMES AUGUSTUS ST JUNGLE TRIP Kandy Killbuck killed lake lemon-grass length lost dogs miles Minneria morocco mountain natives Newera Ellia numerous old Smut open forest pack Palliser passed patinas phant plain Post 8vo price 21s Price One Shilling retreat river rocks rogue elephant rushed shooting shot shoulder side sport spot stalked stood suddenly tank tent thick jungle THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thorny jungle took trackers trees trunk turned Veddah venison village vols whole wild wind Wood Engravings Woodcuts Wortley wounded
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