 Mebalwe fired at him before I could, and the ball struck the rock on which the animal was sitting. He bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stone thrown at him ; then leaping away, broke through the opening circle and escaped unhurt. The...  Travellers' Tales: A Book of Marvels - Page 156by Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian Henry Bateman - 1857 - 534 pages
...Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock, within the nowclosed circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him before I could,...bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stone thrown at him ; then leaping away, broke through the opening circle, and escaped unhurt. The... | |
 | 1876 - 396 pages
...Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock, within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him before I could,...bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stone thrown at him ; then leaping away, broke through the opening circle, and escaped unhurt. The... | |
 | 1857 - 794 pages
...Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him before I could,...bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stone thrown at him; then leaping away, broke through the opening circle, and escaped unhurt. The men... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1857 - 762 pages
...Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him before I could,...bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stono thrown at him; then leaping away, broke through the opening circle and escaped unhurt. The men... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
...man, I saw one of the lione sitting on a piece of rock within the now closed circle of men. Mebálwe fired at him before I could, and the ball struck the...bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stone thrown at him ; then leaping away, broke through the opening ciAle and escaped unhurt. The men... | |
 | 1857 - 784 pages
...man, 1 saw one of tinlions sitting on a piece of rock within the now closed circle of me». Mebálwe fired at him before I could, and the ball struck the...on which the animal was sitting. He bit at the spot striick, as a dog dots at a stick or stone thrown at him, then leaping away, broke through the opening... | |
 | 1857 - 996 pages
...sitting on a piece of rock within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe Ored at him before I cnuM, and the ball struck the rock on which the animal was sitting. He bit at tho spot struck, as a dng does at a stick or stone thrown at him ; then, leaping away, broke through... | |
 | 1858 - 930 pages
...Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a piece of rock within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him before I could,...struck the rock on which the animal was sitting. He bit the spot struck, as a dog does a stick or a stone thrown at him ; then leaping away he broke through... | |
 | 1858 - 882 pages
...one of the lions sitting on a rock within the closed circle of men, the schoolmaster fired, hitting the rock on which the animal was sitting. He bit at the spot struck as a dog does at a stick or stono thrown at him, and then made off through the opening circle, and escaped unhurt. The men were... | |
 | 1858 - 434 pages
...Mebalwe, a most excellent man, I saw one of the lions sitting on a pieee of rock within the now closed circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him before I could, and the ball struck the reckon which the animal was sitting. He bit at the spot struck, as a dog does at a stick or stone thrown... | |
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