Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 42
... come to the spot with the wind once more in our favour . Twenty minutes of strug- gling with the bush brings us near ... comes from the middle of a big patch of reeds forty yards away . Instantly following , a large dark form springs out ...
... come to the spot with the wind once more in our favour . Twenty minutes of strug- gling with the bush brings us near ... comes from the middle of a big patch of reeds forty yards away . Instantly following , a large dark form springs out ...
Page 45
... comes a quick rustle , and straight across our front , his orest raised a full three feet from the ground , undulates the long sinuous body of 8 black mamba , deadliest snake in Africa , Moving faster than a man can run , the little ...
... comes a quick rustle , and straight across our front , his orest raised a full three feet from the ground , undulates the long sinuous body of 8 black mamba , deadliest snake in Africa , Moving faster than a man can run , the little ...
Page 48
... comes a faint sighing in the tree - tops , and a sharp puff of air from the south fans our cheeks . It is warm air at first , but the second gust , a moment or two later , is perceptibly cooler . These are the farthest advanced patrols ...
... comes a faint sighing in the tree - tops , and a sharp puff of air from the south fans our cheeks . It is warm air at first , but the second gust , a moment or two later , is perceptibly cooler . These are the farthest advanced patrols ...
Page 49
... come mingled with the rain , and then altogether supplant it . They descend like showers of shrap- nel bullets ... comes tearing madly along , draggled and terrified , in search of some friendly hole . Half blinded he almost rushes ...
... come mingled with the rain , and then altogether supplant it . They descend like showers of shrap- nel bullets ... comes tearing madly along , draggled and terrified , in search of some friendly hole . Half blinded he almost rushes ...
Page 50
... comes from far away the howl of a hyæna , repeated at intervals , as the big scavenger , having emerged perhaps from the hole where he has been sheltering himself , sets out on his nightly prowl . In due course we come to one of the dry ...
... comes from far away the howl of a hyæna , repeated at intervals , as the big scavenger , having emerged perhaps from the hole where he has been sheltering himself , sets out on his nightly prowl . In due course we come to one of the dry ...
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