 A degenerate kind of sugar-cane was growing on the very spot where the houses had formerly stood, and I made haste to pluck some of this and chew it for the little sweetness it had. But, as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all...  Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa - Page 84by Paul B. Du Chaillu - 1861 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1862 - 642 pages
...travellers perceived some tracks and marks which instantly threw them all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the roots, and was lying about in fragments which had evidently been masticated. These were tracks and deeds of the... | |
 | Victor Meunier - Hunting - 1868 - 390 pages
...stalks, but his men drew his attention to a circumstance which gave quite a new turn to his ideas. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the...about in fragments, which had evidently been chewed. The Mbondemos looked at each other in silence, and muttered, " Njena ! " that is to say, " Gorilla."... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 296 pages
...having large muscles, strong. 1. I knew that what we saw were tracks of the gorilla, and joy rilled my heart. My men looked at each other in silence and muttered in their own language, Gorilla! Gorilla! 2. Presently we came to fresh foot-prints. My feelings were... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Africa, Central - 1890 - 504 pages
...as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the...We followed these traces, and presently came to the footprints of the so-long-desired animal. It was the first time I had ever seen these footprints, and... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Africa, Central - 1890 - 506 pages
...all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten flown, torn up by the roots, ami lying about in fragments which had evidently been...these were fresh tracks of the gorilla, and joy filled ray heart. My men looked at each other in silence, and muttered Nguyla, which is as much as to say... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Africa, Central - 1890 - 510 pages
...as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the roots, ami lying about in fragments which had evidently been chewed. I knew that these were fresh tracks of... | |
 | Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page - American literature - 1922 - 824 pages
...as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the...about in fragments which had evidently been chewed. " 1 knew that these were fresh tracks of the gorilla, and joy filled my heart. My men looked at each... | |
 | 1861 - 712 pages
...instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was HUNTING THE GORILLA. beaten down, torn up by the roots, and lying about...men looked at each other in silence, and muttered Ngmjla, which is as much as to say in Mpongwe Ngina, or, as we say, gorilla. We followed these traces,... | |
 | Carl Ethan Akeley - Africa, East - 1923 - 308 pages
...as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the...We followed these traces, and presently came to the footprints of the so-long-desired animal. It was the first time I had ever seen these footprints, and... | |
 | Carl Ethan Akeley - Africa, East - 1923 - 424 pages
...as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the...men looked at each other in silence, and muttered Nguy/a, which is as much as to say in Mpongwe, Ngina, or, as we say, gorilla. We followed these traces,... | |
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