 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...all was right; and then we marched on cautiously. The singular noise of the breaking of tree-branches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making no noise at all. The countenances of the men shewed that they thought themselves engaged in a very serious undertaking ; but we pushed on, until... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...was right ; and then we marched on cautiously. The singular noise of the breaking of tree-branches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making...probably to get from them the berries and fruits he Ikes cm. Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath seem loud... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1861 - 602 pages
...was right: and then wo marched wi cautiously. " The singular noise of the breaking of treebranches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making...undertaking ; but we pushed on, until finally we thought v. < saw through the thick woods the moving of tí, branches and small trees which the fireat hi-'.-'... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...was right ; and then we marched on cautiously. The singular noise of the breaking of tree-branches continued. We walked with the greatest care, making...themselves engaged in a very serious undertaking ; but we poshed on, nntu finally we thought we saw through the thick woods the movine of the branches and small... | |
 | 1861 - 838 pages
...right ; and then we «; marched on cautiously. " The singular noise of the breaking of tree-branches continued. ^. We walked with the greatest care, making...showed that they thought themselves engaged in a very serions undertaking ; but we pushed on, until '• finally we thought we saw throngh the thick woods... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1862 - 642 pages
...that all was right, and then we marched on cautiously. * The singular noise of the breaking of these branches continued, We walked with the greatest care,...trees which the great beast was tearing down, probably tp get from them the berries and fruits he lives on. ' Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in... | |
 | 1862 - 960 pages
...examined mine, to make sure that all was right ; and then we marched on cautiously. "The singular noiso of the breaking of tree branches continued. We walked...showed that they thought themselves engaged in a very sorions undertaking ; but we pushed on, until finally we thought we saw through the thick woods the... | |
 | G. Garratt - Instinct - 1862 - 462 pages
...twigs of trees. This was the gorilla, I knew at once, by the eager and satisfied looks of the men. We walked with the greatest care, making no noise...themselves engaged in a very serious undertaking. Suddenly, as we were creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath seem loud and distinct,... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Adventure stories - 1869 - 332 pages
...sure that all was right, and then we marched on cautiously. The singular noise of the breaking 'of the branches continued. We walked with the greatest care,...very serious undertaking ; but we pushed on, until I thought I could see through the woods the moving of the branches and small trees which the great... | |
 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - Adventure stories - 1869 - 288 pages
...sure that all was right, and then we marched on cautiously. The singular noise of the breaking of the branches continued. We walked with the greatest care,...very serious undertaking; but we pushed on, until I thought I could see through the woods the moving of the branches and small trees which the great... | |
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I knew at once, by the eager and satisfied looks of the men. " They looked once more carefully at their guns, to see if by any chance the powder had fallen out of the pans ; I also examined mine, to make sure that all was right ; and then we marched on... 
