Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 67
62 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. ways. For instance, in order to catch the correct movement of atiger dispatching his victim, Debrah would allow us to take ourbeefsteak and our cutlets out of our plates down on the nursery-floor. Here, crouching over our imaginary hunter or expiring buf-falo… … In this way we caught what we called the feel of the tiger,and could thus impart to our representation of him a greateramount of snarl and ferocity. Then, again, in the same manner,by constant practice we could imitate the proud walk of a roosteramong the hens. We scratched up imaginary…
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