African hunting, from Natal to the Zambesi : including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 to 1860 (1863)
Baldwin, William Charles, Powell, W. T. R., former owner. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : R. Bentley · leaf 260
AFRICAN HUNTING. 222 venomous of all — and yesterday, walking with only a shirt and gaiters, I very nearly trod on one about twelve feet long ; he escaped knobkerries and assegais, and beat four of us, and eventually gained a hole, into which he disappeared like magic. We … hit him several times, but he was so flat to the ground we could not hurt him, but only made him savage. The wagon stuck fast, and we had to off-load. The dissel-boom was sprung, and the hind axle also, almost leaving us in a fix. We hope it will hold together till we get to the game, as here there…
Hunting
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