 | Old Humphrey - 1845 - 298 pages
...companions assured me they would have no difficulty in again discovering. The Arabs are very fond of the animal. I partook of their repast. The live •embers...day-break in search of the young one, of which we had lost srght not far from our camp. The .-sandy nature of the soil of the desert is well adapted to afford... | |
 | Wonders - 1847 - 444 pages
...have no difficulty in again discovering. The Arabs are very fond of the flesh of this animal. I then partook of their repast. The live embers were quickly...to be excellent eating. " On the following day the Arabs started at daybreak in search of the young one ; the sandy nature of the soil is well adapted... | |
 | London Zoo (London, England) - 1869 - 74 pages
...Giraffe, which my companiona assured me they would have no difficulty in again discovering. The Arab* are very fond of the flesh of this animal. I partook...live embers were quickly covered with slices of the moat, which I found to bo excellent eating. " On the following day, the 16th of August, the Arabs started... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 pages
...which we had established in a wooded situation ; an arrangement necessary LU _U — w THE GIRAFFE. 159 for our own comforts, and to secure pasturage for...to be excellent eating. " On the following day, the Arabs started at daybreak in search of the young one, of which we had lost sight not far from our camp.... | |
 | Zoological Society of London. Gardens, Philip Lutley Sclater - 1870 - 74 pages
...of both sexes which we had brought with us in aid of the object of our chase. We deferred until tho morrow the pursuit of the young Giraffe, which my...of the meat, which I found to be excellent eating. snmm was given to the hunter whoso horse had first come up with the animal, and this reward is the... | |
 | WM. OGDEN NILES - 1837 - 438 pages
...mimal. I partook of their repast. The live em>ers were quickly covered with slices of the meat vhich I found to be excellent eating. On the following day, the 16th August, the Arabs itarted at daybreak in search of the young one, o: vhich we had lost sight not far... | |
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... and to secure pasturage for the camels of both sexes which we had brought with us in aid of the object of our chase. We deferred until the morrow the pursuit of the young Giraffe, which my companions assured me they would have no difficulty in again... 