Africa, Seen Through Its ExplorersSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1880 - 322 sayfa |
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Sayfa 254 - ... which we find pictured by old artists in some representations of the infernal regions. He advanced a few steps - then stopped to utter that hideous roar again - advanced again, and finally stopped when at a distance of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him.