 Guns in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly toward a clump of wood, where the baby Gorilla evidently was. They knew the mother would be near ; and there was a likelihood that the male, the most dreaded of all, might be there too. But they determined...  Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa - Page 243by Paul B. Du Chaillu - 1861 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
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...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Guns in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently...and, if at all possible, to take the young one alive. Presently they perceived the bush moving; and, crawling a little further on in dead silence, scarce... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1861 - 602 pages
...been. " My hunters, whom I could have hugged to my heart, took him in the country between the Rcmbo and Cape St Catherine. By their account, they were...they perceived the bush moving; and crawling a little further on in dead silence, scarce breathing with excitement, they beheld, what has seldom been seen... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Guns in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently...perceived the bush moving ; and crawling a little further on in dead silence, scarce breathing with excitement, they beheld, what has seldom oecn seen... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Guns in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently...one alive, knowing what a joy it would be for me. oeen seen even by the negroes, a young gorilla, seated on the ground, eating some berries which grew... | |
 | James Greenwood - Adventure and adventurers - 1862 - 438 pages
...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Gun in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently...perceived the bush moving, and, crawling a little further on in dead silence, scarce breathing with excitement, they beheld what has seldom been seen,... | |
 | James Greenwood - Adventure and adventurers - 1862 - 492 pages
...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Gun in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently...all, and, if at all possible, to take the young one alivej knowing what a joy it would be for me. Presently they perceived the bush moving, and, crawling... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1862 - 642 pages
...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Guns in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently was. They knew that the mother would be near ; and there was a likelihood that the male, the most dreaded of all,... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...follow the cry. Presently they heard it again. Gun in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly towards a clump of wood, where the baby gorilla evidently...likelihood that the male, the most dreaded of all, would be there too. But they determined to risk all, and, if at all possible, to take the young one... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Africa, West - 1868 - 334 pages
...was about noon, and they immediately determined to follow the cry. Soon they heard the cry again. Gun in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly toward...evidently was. ' They knew the mother would be near ; a^id there was a likelihood that they might encounter the male also, which they dread more than they... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Africa, West - 1869 - 316 pages
...was about noon, and they immediately determined to follow the cry. Soon they heard the cry again. Gun in hand, the brave fellows crept noiselessly toward...mother would be near ; and there was a likelihood that they might encounter the male also, which they dread more than they do the mother. But they determined... | |
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