 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 pages
...immediately left me and attacking Mebalwe bit his thigh. Another man, whose life I had saved before, aftei he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to spear the lion while he was biting Mebalwe. He left Mebalwe and caught this man by the shoulder; but at that moment... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 548 pages
...immediately left me, and attacking Mebdlwe, bit his thigh. Another man, whose life I had saved before, after he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to spear the lion while he was biting Mebalwe. He left Mebalwe, and caught this man by the shoulder ; but at that moment... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1901 - 236 pages
...who was aiming at him from a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, which waa a 1843-52 MARRIAGE flint one, missed fire in both barrels. The animal...attempted to spear the lion, upon which he turned from Mabalwe and seized this fresh foe by the shoulder. At that moment the bullets the beast had received... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1905 - 424 pages
...immediately left me, and, attacking Mebalwe, bit his thigh. Another man — whose life I had saved before, after he had been tossed by a buffalo — attempted to spear the lion while he was biting Mebalwe. He left Mebalwe and caught this man by the shoulder, but at that moment... | |
 | 1906 - 484 pages
...immediately left me, and. attacking Mebalwe, bit his thigh. Another man, whose life I had saved before, after he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to spear the lion while he was biting Mebalwe. He left Mebalwe and caught this man by the shoulder, but at that moment... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1913 - 784 pages
...gun, which was a flint one, missed fire in both barrels. The animal immediately left me to attack him. Another man, whose life I had saved after he had been...attempted to spear the lion, upon which he turned from Mabalue and seized this fresh foe by the shoulder. At that moment, the bullets the beast had received,... | |
 | Ariadne Gilbert - 1914 - 452 pages
...myself of the weight, and saw his eyes directed to Mabalwe, who was aiming at him from a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, which was a flint one,...attempted to spear the lion, upon which he turned from Mabalwe and seized this fresh foe by the shoulder. At that moment, the bullets the beast had received... | |
 | Ariadne Gilbert - 1914 - 452 pages
...myself of the weight, and saw his eyes directed to Mabalwe, who was aiming at him from a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, which was a flint one,...attempted to spear the lion, upon which he turned from Mabalwe and seized this fresh foe by the shoulder. At that moment, the bullets the beast had received... | |
 | Herbert Francis William Tatham - 1921 - 328 pages
...myself of the weight, and saw his eyes directed to Mabalwe, who was aiming at him from a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, which was a flint one,...attempted to spear the lion, upon which he turned from Mabalwe and seized this fresh foe by the shoulder. At this moment the bullets the beast had received... | |
 | Arthur Christopher Benson, Herbert Francis William Tatham - 1921 - 328 pages
...was aiming at him from a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, which was a flint one, missed nre in both barrels. The animal immediately left me to...attempted to spear the lion, upon which he turned from Mabalwe and seized this fresh foe by the shoulder. At this moment the bullets the beast had received... | |
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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. 
