 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pages
...myself, and anxious to act in the same manner as the Arabs, I followed them impatiently, and at nine o'clock in the morning I had the happiness to find...laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and thorny trees. " Possessed of the giraffe, it was necessary to rest for three or four days, in order... | |
 | 1836 - 1184 pages
...myself, and anxious to act in the same manner as the Arabs, I followed them impatiently, and at nine o'clock in the morning I had the happiness to find...laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and thorny trees. • Possessed of this giraffe, it was necessary to rest for three or four days, in order... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 606 pages
...myself, and anxious to act in the same manner as the Arabs, I followed them impatiently, and at nine o'clock in the morning I had the happiness to find...laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and thorny trees. ' Possessed of this girafle, it was necessary to rest for three or four days, in order... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1845 - 298 pages
...pursuit. We followed the traces with rapidity and in silence, cautious to avoid alarming the animal while it was yet at a distance from us. Unwearied...laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and thorny trees. " Possessed of the Giraffe, it was necessary to rest for three or four days, in order... | |
 | Wonders - 1847 - 444 pages
...Arabs, I followed them impatiently, and at nine o'clock in the morning I had the happiness of finding myself in possession of the giraffe. A premium was...had first come up with the animal, and this reward was the more merited, as the laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and of thorny trees.... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1855 - 304 pages
...pursuit. We followed the traces with rapidity and in silence, cautious to avoid alarming the animal while it was yet at a distance from us. Unwearied...laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and thorny trees. " Possessed of the Giraffe, it was necessary to rest for three or four days, in order... | |
 | London Zoo (London, England) - 1867 - 74 pages
...myself, and anxious to act in the same manner as the Arabs, I followed them impatiently, and at nine o'clock in the morning I had the happiness to find...whose horse had first come up with the animal, and thia reward is the more merited as the laborious chase is pursued in the midst of brambles and of thorny... | |
 | London Zoo (London, England) - 1869 - 74 pages
...the morning 1 had the happiness to find myself iu possession of the Giraffe. A preinium was given io the hunter whose horse had first come up with the...the more merited as the laborious chase is pursued m the midst of brambles and of thorny trees. • " Possessed of this Giraffe, it was necessary to rest... | |
 | Zoological Society of London. Gardens, Philip Lutley Sclater - 1870 - 74 pages
...covered with slices of the meat, which I found to be excellent eating. snmm was given to the hunter whoso horse had first come up with the animal, and this reward is the more merited as the laborious chose is pursued in. the midst of brambles and of thorny trees. " Possessed of this Giraffe, it was... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 pages
...myself, and anxious to act in the same manner as the Arabs, I followed them impatiently, and at nine in the morning I had the happiness to find myself in possession of the Giraffe. A reward was given to the hunter whose horse had first come up with the animal, and this was the more... | |
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I followed them impatiently, and at 9 o'clock in the morning I had the happiness to find myself in possession of the giraffe. A premium was given to the hunter whose horse had first come up with the animal; and this reward is the more merited, as the... 
