| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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