 An old male, apparently the guardian of the flock, alone made a bold stand, and glared at me through an opening of the foliage. ... In my unarmed condition I began to think of retracing my...  The St. James's Magazine - Page 4801867Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 394 pages
...; but no rifle came — the little coward had bolted, and I lost my chance. The huge beast staredat me for about two minutes, and then, without uttering...in open ground. They move along with great rapidity on all fours, that is, with the knuckles of their hands touching the ground. Artists, in representing... | |
 | 1867
...hollow, I saw on the opposite slope a monstrous gorilla, standing' erect and looking directly towards me The huge beast stared at me for about two minutes,...off to the shade of the forest, running nimbly on big hands and feet." And again : " An old male, apparently the guardian of the flock, alone made a... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - 1890 - 506 pages
...came — the little coward had bolted, and I lost my chance. The huge beast stared at me for aliout two minutes, and then, without uttering any cry, moved...the forest, running nimbly on his hands and feet. I had eicellent opportunity of observing, during these two days, the manner in which the gorillas walked... | |
 | 1867 - 796 pages
...saw on the opposite slope a monstrous gorilla, standing erect and looking directly toward me . . . The huge beast stared at me for about two minutes,...the forest, running nimbly on his hands and feet." And again : " An old male, apparently the guardian of the flock, alone made a bold stand, and glared... | |
 | 1867 - 818 pages
...saw on the opposite slope a monstrous goi-illa, standing erect and looking directly toward me . . . The huge beast stared at me for about two minutes, and then, without uttering any cry, moved oft* to the shade of the forest, running nimbly on his hands and feet." And again : "An old male, apparently... | |
 | Belgravia - 1867 - 548 pages
...saw on the opposite slope a monstrous gorilla, standing erect and looking directly towards me. . . . The huge beast stared at me for about two minutes,...the forest, running nimbly on his hands and feet." And again : " An old male, apparently the guardian of the flock, alone made a bold stand, and glared... | |
 | 1867 - 566 pages
...saw on the opposite slope a monstrous gorilla, standing erect and looking directly towards me. . . . The huge beast stared at me for about two minutes,...the forest, running nimbly on his hands and feet." And again : " An old male, apparently the guardian of the flock, alone made a bold stand, and glared... | |
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