Travels and researches in Caffraria: describing the character, customs, and moral condition of the tribes inhabiting that portion of southern Africa: with historical and topographical remarks illustrative of the state and prospects of the British settlement in its borders, the introduction of Christianity, and the progress of civilization . PART I. CHAPTER IV. 89 deed. A dense forest, extending many miles every way,encompassed us about; and the stunning din of a sweep-ing torrent was perpetually upon our ears. No soonerhad the shades of night fallen than the hideous screamof elephants, the dol
Travels and researches in Caffraria: describing the character, customs, and moral condition of the tribes inhabiting that portion of southern Africa: with historical and topographical remarks illustrative of the state and prospects of the British settlement in its borders, the introduction of Christianity, and the progress of civilization . PART I. CHAPTER IV. 89 deed. A dense forest, extending many miles every way,encompassed us about; and the stunning din of a sweep-ing torrent was perpetually upon our ears. No soonerhad the shades of night fallen than the hideous screamof elephants, the doleful howl of wolves, and the dis-sonant screech of owls were heard on every side. Inthe course of the evening a prodigiously large elephantpassed within a few paces of our encampment; and aherd of these terrific creatures came down to drink onthe opposite bank the night before. The wagon of Mr. , a naturalist, who had occasion, some months previously, to spend the night near the spot where wewere obliged to tarry, was violently attacked by one ofthese sagacious brutes, which actually pushed its tuskthrough the side, and into some chests that were have supposed that the animal was irritated by asmell arising from the bones of one of its own species ;the entire skeleton and skin of which that gentleman wastaking with him t
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