 | 1862 - 478 pages
...distance of about six yards from us. And here, as he began another of his roars and beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him. " With a groan which...terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, it fell forward on its face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved about in... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - 1861 - 568 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. With a groan which...moved about in a struggling way, and then all was quiet—death had done its work, and I had leisure to examine the huge body. It proved to be five feet... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. With a groan which...convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved about in a straggling way, and then all was quiet — death had done its work, and I had leisure to examine the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1861 - 602 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. " With a groan which...and yet was full of brutishness, he fell forward on lus face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved about in a straggling way,... | |
 | 1861 - 402 pages
...distance of about six yards from us. Aud here, as he began another of his roars and beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. " With a groan which...terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, it fell forward on its face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved about in... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1861 - 884 pages
...distance of about six yards from us. And here, as he began another of his roars and beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. " With a groan which...terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, it fell forward on its face. The body shook con) vulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved ¡ about... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. With a groan which...something terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishncss, he fell forward on his face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs... | |
 | 1861 - 838 pages
...of about six yards from as. And here, just аа he began another of his roara, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. " With a groan which...something terribly human in it, and yet was full of bruitishness, he fell forward on his face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1862 - 492 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him. " With a groan, which...work, and I had leisure to examine the huge body." In this, as in almost every hunting incident quoted by Du Chaillu, the animal's inability to support... | |
 | G. Garratt - 1862 - 462 pages
...strongly nerved hunter says, that the others of this species, shot by him, behaved iu the very same way. " With a groan, which had something terribly human in...moved about in a struggling way, and then all was quiet—death had done its work, and I had leisure to examine the huge body." Some of Du Chaillu's... | |
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... some representations of the infernal regions. He advanced a few steps — then stopped to utter that hideous roar again — advanced again — and finally stopped when at a distance of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of... 
