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... night , illuminated only by the burning of the dry savannah grass , or made more dismal by the ruddy smoke , Hum- boldt's horses were frightened by the yell of an animal that proved D And there was M. Edmond sleeping with all the security.
... night , illuminated only by the burning of the dry savannah grass , or made more dismal by the ruddy smoke , Hum- boldt's horses were frightened by the yell of an animal that proved D And there was M. Edmond sleeping with all the security.
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... horses and mules , and eluding the pursuit of the boldest hunters . He saw also another jaguar of prodigious length , " which surpassed that of all the tigers of India I had seen in the collections of Europe . " - HUMBOLDT , quoted by ...
... horses and mules , and eluding the pursuit of the boldest hunters . He saw also another jaguar of prodigious length , " which surpassed that of all the tigers of India I had seen in the collections of Europe . " - HUMBOLDT , quoted by ...
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... horses and asses , to soak the leather of their saddles and cook it for meat , and to eat snakes even , in the absence of other fare . He spoke also of the mutual cruelty of the contending parties , who gave no quarter what- ever ...
... horses and asses , to soak the leather of their saddles and cook it for meat , and to eat snakes even , in the absence of other fare . He spoke also of the mutual cruelty of the contending parties , who gave no quarter what- ever ...
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... horse he rode was a magnificent one , and seemed to me a nobler animal than his master . The com- parison recalled to my memory the story of Lemuel Gulliver's experiences in the country of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos . Perhaps my A ...
... horse he rode was a magnificent one , and seemed to me a nobler animal than his master . The com- parison recalled to my memory the story of Lemuel Gulliver's experiences in the country of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos . Perhaps my A ...
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... horses and oxen , and these laid me hors de resistance . I fairly gave over , and , struggling to one side of the road , laid me down with no definite purpose whatever . At that moment , it was hard to decide whether it would be better ...
... horses and oxen , and these laid me hors de resistance . I fairly gave over , and , struggling to one side of the road , laid me down with no definite purpose whatever . At that moment , it was hard to decide whether it would be better ...
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