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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most ... - Page 34
by Thomas Smith - 1803
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Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 1

William Bingley - 1803 - 524 pages
...One night in Maitsha, being very intent on an observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed ; but, upon looking round, could perceive...of my tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived two large blue eyes glaring at me in the dark. I called upon my servant...
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile,: In the Years 1768 ..., Volume 7

James Bruce - 1813 - 482 pages
...them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing....Having finished what I was then about, I went out of iriy tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes...
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The Seventh Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free ...

American Colonization Society - 1824 - 862 pages
...them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing....finished what I was then about, I went out of my tent, resolved directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes, glaring at...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 1

William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...Maitsha, being very intent on an observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed; but on looking round, could perceive nothing. Having finished...went out of my tent, resolving directly to return : this I immediately did, and in so doing perceived two large blue eyes glaring at me in the dark....
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A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with ...

1829 - 494 pages
...men, who seldom passed a night without wounding or slaughtering some of them. " One night, in Maitsha, I heard something pass behind me toward the bed ;...could perceive nothing. Having finished what I was about, I went out of my tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived...
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Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts ...

Michael Russell - 1833 - 456 pages
...them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing....of my tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes glaring at me in the dark. I called upon my servant...
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Nubia and Abyssinia: comprehending their civil history, antiquities, arts ...

Michael Russell - 1833 - 364 pages
...them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing....of my tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes glaring at me in the dark. I called upon my servant...
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The Colonizationist and Journal of Freedom

1834 - 402 pages
...them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing....finished what I was then about, I went out of my tent, resolved directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes, glaring at...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 61

1837 - 348 pages
...them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on observation, I heard something pass behind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing....of my tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes glaring at me in the dark. I called upon my servant...
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Tales of Animals: Comprising Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1837 - 344 pages
...ANECDOTE. Mr. Bruce, in his Travels in Abyssinia, relates the following facts. One night, in Maitsha, I heard something pass behind me toward the bed ;...could perceive nothing. Having finished what I was about, I went out of my tent, resolving directly to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived...
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