| Curiosities and wonders - 1796 - 622 pages
...and blow out his own brains. , . .. • To this the negro cheerfully agreed ; and having loaded u\y gun . with a ball cartridge, we proceeded, David cutting...behind me, he called out, ' Me fee fnakee !' and. in effecl, there lay the animal, rolled up under the fallen leaves and rubbifh of the trees ; and fo well... | |
| English literature - 1797 - 494 pages
...a path with a bill- hook, and a marine following with three more leaded firelocks ecp uVreadinef». We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and water, the ve^'O locking every way with an upcemmcn degree ct vivacity and attention, when, darting behind me,... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...path with a bill hook, and a marine following with three more loaded firelocks to keep in readiness. We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and...an uncommon degree of vivacity and attention, when starting behind me he called out, " Me see snakee !" and in effect there lay the animal rolled up under... | |
| Augustin Calmet - Bible - 1814 - 636 pages
...which coincide with our purpose, though it diners certainly from the red dragon of Asia or Africa. " We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and...uncommon degree of vivacity and attention ; when, starting behind me, he called out, " Me see snakee !" and in effect, there lay the animal, rolled up... | |
| R. P. Forster - Africa - 1818 - 514 pages
...path with a bill-hook, and a marine following, with three more loaded firelocks to keep in readiness. We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and...an uncommon degree of vivacity and attention ; when starting behind me, he called out, " Me see snakee !" and in effect there lay the animal, rolled up... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1830
...which we have represented in the plate, Mr. Stedman thus describes the discovery and conquest. " \l'e had not gone above twenty yards through mud and water,...uncommon degree of vivacity and attention ; when, starting behind me, he called out, 'Ale sec Snaked' and in effect, there lay the animal, rolled up... | |
| Josiah Priest - Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 660 pages
...which coincide with our purpose, though it differs certainly from the red dragon of Asia or Africa. " We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and...uncommon degree of vivacity and attention ; when, starting behind me, he called out, "Me see snakee !" and in effect, there lay the animal, rolled up... | |
| Adventure and adventurers - 1826 - 638 pages
...purpose, though it differs certainly from the rctl dragon of Asia or Africa. "We had not gone ahove twenty yards through mud and water, the negro looking...uncommon degree of vivacity and attention ; when, starting behind me, he called out, "Me see snake !" and in effect, there lay the animal, rolled up... | |
| English literature - 1797 - 486 pages
...with a bill hook, and a marine following with three more loaded firelocks •.. ke«p 19 readiiids. We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and water, the negro looking every way with an untcmmcn degree of vivacity and attention, when, ftarting behind me,he called out, " me lee I'nnkee... | |
| Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...represented in the plate, Mr. Stedman thus describes the discovery and conquest. " We had not gone z 3 above twenty yards through mud and water, the negro...uncommon degree of vivacity and attention ; when, starting behind me, he called out, ' Me see Snakee !' and in effect there lay the animal, rolled up... | |
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