| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pagina’s
...effect is not restricted exclusively to the lion. An officer in India (whose name I have forgotten, but who was well known to my informant) having chanced to ramble into a jungle adjoining a British encampment, suddenly encountered a royal tiger. The rencontre appeared equally unexpected... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1857 - 756 pagina’s
...Macintosh, proves that this fascinating effect is not restricted to the Lion. An officer in India, well known to my informant, having chanced to ramble into a jungle, suddenly encountered a royal tiger. The rencontre appeared equally unexpected on both sides, and both... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1896 - 340 pagina’s
...adjoining the British encampment, suddenly encountered a Bengal tiger. The meeting was evidently most unexpected on both sides, and both parties made a dead halt, earnestly gazing at each other. The officer had no firearms with him, although he had his regulation sword by his side,... | |
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