Reminiscences of Sport in IndiaW.H. Allen & Company, 1885 - 419 Seiten |
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... standing now , under its leaf - roofed shed , in perfect preservation . At the end of 1840 , my regiment was ordered to march to Samulcottah , a station in the Northern Circars , about four hundred miles from Vellore , and close to the ...
... standing now , under its leaf - roofed shed , in perfect preservation . At the end of 1840 , my regiment was ordered to march to Samulcottah , a station in the Northern Circars , about four hundred miles from Vellore , and close to the ...
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... standing round the while , a stunning report ensued , with various whizzes and whistlings of heavy bodies hurtling through the air , evidently due to some unusual action on the part of the little cannon . The gun had burst , and pieces ...
... standing round the while , a stunning report ensued , with various whizzes and whistlings of heavy bodies hurtling through the air , evidently due to some unusual action on the part of the little cannon . The gun had burst , and pieces ...
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... standing within easy range , perhaps eighty yards , of me ; missed her clean , and killed a fine black buck which was grazing about a hundred yards farther away ! The ball , no doubt , went over the doe's back , and ricochetted ; and ...
... standing within easy range , perhaps eighty yards , of me ; missed her clean , and killed a fine black buck which was grazing about a hundred yards farther away ! The ball , no doubt , went over the doe's back , and ricochetted ; and ...
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... standing up among the grain . To aim , and put a charge of small shot into it , was the work of a moment ; but there the cobra stood , threatening as before . This was A WOODEN COBRA . 39 strange . I am not 38 REMINISCENCES OF SPORT IN ...
... standing up among the grain . To aim , and put a charge of small shot into it , was the work of a moment ; but there the cobra stood , threatening as before . This was A WOODEN COBRA . 39 strange . I am not 38 REMINISCENCES OF SPORT IN ...
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... standing up in the howdah , holding one of the loaded guns in his hand , the others being on the gun - rail as is usual . The sudden lurch of the ele- phant , in rising from its knees , threw the poor fellow forward , and the gun ...
... standing up in the howdah , holding one of the loaded guns in his hand , the others being on the gun - rail as is usual . The sudden lurch of the ele- phant , in rising from its knees , threw the poor fellow forward , and the gun ...
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