Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize, and Spirit, Том 13Rogerson & Tuxford, 1799 |
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... Ball Heviour was turned out on Afcot Heath : after running for fome time round the Forest , he croffed the Thames at Surley Hall , and was taken at Dawney , in Buck- inghamshire the hounds ( except two that could not be stopped at the ...
... Ball Heviour was turned out on Afcot Heath : after running for fome time round the Forest , he croffed the Thames at Surley Hall , and was taken at Dawney , in Buck- inghamshire the hounds ( except two that could not be stopped at the ...
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... balls of ten , brought down feveral of them at a time . Had I wifhed for as many , I might easily have pro- cured a hundred ; and I ceafed firing , merely becaufe fuch a quan- tity of game would have been of no use to me . Every time I ...
... balls of ten , brought down feveral of them at a time . Had I wifhed for as many , I might easily have pro- cured a hundred ; and I ceafed firing , merely becaufe fuch a quan- tity of game would have been of no use to me . Every time I ...
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... ball through the head killed him . The teeth of this animal measured four inches in length , and its tongue was infinitely larger than that of an ox . A negro boy , about fourteen years of age , excited by curiofity , touched the tip of ...
... ball through the head killed him . The teeth of this animal measured four inches in length , and its tongue was infinitely larger than that of an ox . A negro boy , about fourteen years of age , excited by curiofity , touched the tip of ...
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... balls to exclude . Thirteen Members to make a ballot ; the names of the candidates must be hung up in the dining - room three days preceding . 4. No ftranger to be admitted into the Society's room , unless in- troduced by a Member , who ...
... balls to exclude . Thirteen Members to make a ballot ; the names of the candidates must be hung up in the dining - room three days preceding . 4. No ftranger to be admitted into the Society's room , unless in- troduced by a Member , who ...
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... ball . When the moon fhines , they divide them- felves in two parties , one of them throws a ball to another of his fide , and thofe of the other fide try to get the ball among them . Another way is to kick the ball to a certain ...
... ball . When the moon fhines , they divide them- felves in two parties , one of them throws a ball to another of his fide , and thofe of the other fide try to get the ball among them . Another way is to kick the ball to a certain ...
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Стр. 147 - ... when suddenly a huge alligator rushed out of the reeds, and with a tremendous roar came up, and darted as swift as an arrow under my boat, emerging upright on my lee quarter, with open jaws, and belching water and smoke that fell upon me like rain in a hurricane. I laid soundly...
Стр. 134 - But to throw one's self into cold spring water, when the body has been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal.
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Стр. 134 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him, on the other side, I began to cross the pond with my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable.
Стр. 148 - In the forepart of the upper jaw, on each side, just under the nostrils, are two very large, thick, strong teeth or tusks, not very sharp, but rather the shape of a cone: these are as white...
Стр. 147 - ... upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a...
Стр. 94 - ... by a cypress swamp, covered with water, which below was joined to the shore of the little lake, and above to the marshes surrounding...
Стр. 148 - ... in the head, by means of the prominency of the brows; the nostrils are large, inflated and prominent on the top, so that the head in the water resembles, at a distance, a great chunk of wood floating about.
Стр. 92 - ... trout. About one hundred yards above my harbour began a cove or bay of the river, out of which opened a large lagoon. The mouth or entrance from the river to it was narrow, but the waters...
Стр. 92 - The shores and forests resound his dreadful roar, together with the triumphing shouts of the plaited tribes around, witnesses of the horrid combat. My apprehensions were highly alarmed after being a spectator of so dreadful a battle.