 had just commenced ascending this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the water, and, in a most ferocious and menacing attitude, rushed, open-mouthed,...  Natural History: Mammalia - Page 147by Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Colonization Society - African Americans - 1824 - 862 pages
...this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...at the boat, and with one grasp of its tremendous jaw, seized and tore seven planks from her side ; the creature disappeared for a few seconds and then... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1834 - 518 pages
...this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...then rose again, apparently intending to repeat the nttack, but was fortunately deterred by the contents of a musket discharged in its face. The bnat rapidly... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1834 - 518 pages
...these savages and inhumanly massacred. 1834.] OWEN'S VOYAGES TO AFRICA, &c. 177 and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...seconds and then rose again, apparently intending to repent the attack, but was fortunately deterred by the contents of a musket discharged in its face.... | |
 | African Americans - 1834 - 402 pages
...this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...at the boat, and with one grasp of its tremendous jaw, seized and tore seven planks from her side ; the creature disappeared for a few seconds and then... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...appearance, or the habits of the animals, so that in a general description we may speak of both as one. The recent zoological investigations of Dr. Smith...and in a most ferocious and menacing attitude rushed open mouthed at the boat, and with one grasp of its tremendous jaws seized and tore seven planks from... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pages
...this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...seconds and then rose again, apparently intending to renew the attack, but was fortunately deterred * Owen, " Narrative of Voyages," i. 133. by the contents... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 pages
...tlu's stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...ferocious and menacing attitude rushed open-mouthed at *L~ boat, and with one grasp of its tremendous jaws seized tore seven planks from her side ; the creature... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - Africa, Southern - 1856 - 560 pages
...this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...seconds, and then rose again, apparently intending to renew the attack, but was fortunately deterred by the contents of a musket discharged in its face.-... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - Africa, Southern - 1856 - 612 pages
...this stream in his boat, when suddenly a violent shock was felt from underneath, and in another moment a monstrous hippopotamus reared itself up from the...and menacing attitude, rushed, open-mouthed, at the boat—and, with one grasp of its tremendous jaws, seized and tore seven planks from her side; the... | |
 | Charles John Andersson, John Charles Frémont - Africa, Central - 1857 - 476 pages
...valuable of my things, such as books, mstruments, etc., to the raft, previous to the canoe leaving. up from the water, and, in a most ferocious and menacing...seconds, and then rose again, apparently intending to renew the attack, but was fortunately deterred by the contents of a musket discharged in its face.... | |
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