Natural history sketches among the carnivora: wild and domesticated1885 |
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... piece of rock about thirty yards off , with a little bush in front of him . I took a good aim at him through the bush , and fired both barrels into it . The men called out , ' He is shot ! he is shot ! ' Others cried , ' He has been ...
... piece of rock about thirty yards off , with a little bush in front of him . I took a good aim at him through the bush , and fired both barrels into it . The men called out , ' He is shot ! he is shot ! ' Others cried , ' He has been ...
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... pieces . We could hear the crunching going on distinctly , and of course , the cobra went limp at once , and only rolled about helplessly . I do not believe the mungoos was once pricked even , much less did the cobra get a chance of ...
... pieces . We could hear the crunching going on distinctly , and of course , the cobra went limp at once , and only rolled about helplessly . I do not believe the mungoos was once pricked even , much less did the cobra get a chance of ...
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... piece of strategy practised . One cat had evidently had the best of it , and stood over the vanquished . By and by , he turned slowly and marched leisurely towards a wall , looking round occasionally to see that he was not followed ...
... piece of strategy practised . One cat had evidently had the best of it , and stood over the vanquished . By and by , he turned slowly and marched leisurely towards a wall , looking round occasionally to see that he was not followed ...
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... pieces of fried cod and herring , and , taking my dog into a room from which every ray of light had been excluded , threw pieces of the meat into different parts of the room . As might have been expected , each piece was found by him ...
... pieces of fried cod and herring , and , taking my dog into a room from which every ray of light had been excluded , threw pieces of the meat into different parts of the room . As might have been expected , each piece was found by him ...
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... pieces of red herring and fried cod were placed under an inverted saucer , on the floor of a room where a hungry cat was shut up , and others concealed under the corners of the hearthrug . On liberating her in half - an - hour , not one ...
... pieces of red herring and fried cod were placed under an inverted saucer , on the floor of a room where a hungry cat was shut up , and others concealed under the corners of the hearthrug . On liberating her in half - an - hour , not one ...
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Page 7 - It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife. ..This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast.
Page 7 - Mebalwe, who was trying to shoot him at a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, a flint one, missed fire in both barrels ; the lion immediately left me, and, attacking Mebalwe, bit his thigh.
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Page 7 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
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Page 7 - Turning round to relieve myself of the weight, as he had one paw on the back of my head...
Page 196 - I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them, and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to.