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 32
AFRICAN HUNTING. 10 all the ducks, and a heavy pair of shooting-boots, though the rest of my attire was light enough, consisting only of shirt and gaiters. Still I thought I could manage it, and pushed slowly off, making very short strokes with my arms for fear of losing … my gun, as it was laid across just under my chin, and I think I might have succeeded, had I not just at that moment seen the head of a huge crocodile, above stream, sailing down upon me, leaving a wake like a steamer behind him. I need hardly say I struck out legs and arms for my life, utterly…
Hunting
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