... found his master. The man related several anecdotes of this animal : among the rest, he said he was one day out drinking toddy, some miles from camp, and from the intoxicating effect, and the extreme heat of the liquor, he went to sleep. On awaking,... Memoirs of the Military Career, Etc - Pagina 125de John Shipp - 1829Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
| 1829 - 696 pagini
...anecdotes of this animal : among the rest, he said he was one day out drinking toddy, some miles from the camp, and from the intoxicating effect, and the extreme...greyhound, that would kill a wolf single-handed." The Nut- Hatch.— This is a little ashcolored bird rarely to be seen : it is thick in form, and heavily... | |
| John Shipp - 1829 - 238 pagini
...main-guard the night he returned, and he was awoke by the dog licking his face. It appeared that he had heen through the barrack, and visited every sleeping soldier...the fort of Muckwanpore. The first stockade that we propo3ed to dislodge, was one about eight hundred or a thousand yards from our battery. We could not... | |
| Thomas Brown - 1829 - 590 pagini
...the liquor, he went to sleep. On awaking, he found his clothes torn in several places, and observed that he had been dragged more than three yards from...faithful guard ! He was a powerful dog — a kind of Persian hill-greyhound, that would kill a wolf single-handed." THE FRENCH MATIN. (Cants LanariiiS,... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1829 - 618 pagini
...several place«, and that he had been dragged more than three yards from the bush under which he had bun down ; but what was his astonishment, on getting up,...large snake almost torn to pieces, no doubt by his faithfu! guard ! He was a powerful dog. — a kind of Persian-hill greyhound, that would kill a wolf... | |
| John Shipp - 1890 - 418 pagini
...toddy, some miles from camp, and from the intoxicating effect, and the extreme heat of the weather, he went to sleep. On awaking, he found his clothes...faithful guard ! He was a powerful dog — a kind of Persian hill greyhound — that would kill a wolf single-handed. On the following day we opened our... | |
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