 The black men run for their lives. Every animal that lives in their line of march is chased. They seem to understand and act upon the tactics of Napoleon, and concentrate, with great speed, their heaviest forces upon the point of attack. In an incredibly...  Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa - Page 360by Paul B. Du Chaillu - 1861 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...and devours all it overtakes with a fury which is quite irresistible. The elephant and gorilla flee before this attack. The black men run for their lives....enter a house, they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches are devoured in an instant; rats and mice spring round the room in vain. An overwhelming... | |
 | 1861 - 838 pages
...their lives. Every animal that lives in their line of march is chased. They seem to understand and net upon the tactics of Napoleon, and concentrate with...enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroachos are devoured in an instant. Eats and mice spring round the room in vain. An overwhelming... | |
 | American periodicals - 1861 - 606 pages
...understand and act upon the tactics of Napoleon, and concentrate with great speed, their heaviest forces on the point of attack. In an incredibly short space...enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches arc devoured in an instant Rats and mice spring around the rrom in vain. An overwhelming... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 1116 pages
...the point of attack. la an incredibly short space of time the mouse, or dog, or leopard, or deer, ia overwhelmed, killed, eaten, and the bare skeleton...enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches are devoured in an instant. Hats and mice spring round the room in vain. An overwhelming... | |
 | Agriculture - 1861 - 588 pages
...overwhelmed, killed, eaten, and the bare skeleton only remains. They seem to travel night and day. M ¡my a time have I been awakened out of a sleep, and obliged...all suffered intolerable agony from the bites of the advance guard, who had got into mr clothes. When they enter a house they clear it of all living things.... | |
 | 1861 - 792 pages
...skeleton only remains. They seem to travel night and day. Many a time have I been awakened out of вleep, and obliged to rush from the hut and into the water...the bites of the advance-guard, who had got into my elothes. Whea they enter a house, they elear it of all living things. Cockroaches are devoured in an... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1862 - 552 pages
...of Napoleon, and concentrate, with great speed, their heaviest forces upon the point of attack. la an incredibly short space of time the mouse, or dog,...enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches are devoured in an instant. Bats and mice spring round the room in vain. An overwhelming... | |
 | G. Garratt - Instinct - 1862 - 462 pages
...seen,".says Du Chaillu, "one continuous line passing at good speed to a particular place for twelve hours. Many a time have I been awakened out of a sleep, and...enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches are devoured in an instant. Rats and mice spring round the room in vain. An overwhelming... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers (Elementary) - 1884 - 398 pages
...long file spreads itself through the forest in a front line, and attacks and devours all it overtakes -with a fury which is quite irresistible. The elephant...intolerable agony from, the bites of the advance-guard, that had got into my clothes. When they enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers (Elementary) - 1884 - 398 pages
...long file spreads itself through the forest in a front line, and attacks and devours all it overtakes with a fury which is quite irresistible. The elephant...intolerable agony from the bites of the advance-guard, that had got into my clothes. When they enter a house they clear it of all living things. Cockroaches... | |
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