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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 421

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e most active of monkeys. Professor Owensays : They can outclimb the monkey, outswimthe fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loos-ing the coils of their crouching spiral, they canspring into the air and seize a bird upon its wing.Their strength is also surprising. Returning tomy house at Kamptee… … Snake Charmer. my foot on his neck, and caught hold of him.Two sturdy native servants at once came to myhelp, and it was all we could do to get him intoa strong cage, although he was only between sevenand. eight feet long, such was his muscular power. In the morning the various birds came up tohis…

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