. The hunter-naturalist; romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Hunting; Natural history. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RHINOCEROS AND HIPPOPOTAMUS. Our African adventurers plume themselves evidently upon having Out-Heroded the Herods of all previous Romance of Hunting—in having capped the clima:^ of dashing extrava- gance, by combatting both behemoth and the unicorn in their own meadows and beneath forests as hoar as their renown. It certainly constitutes a very striking element of true romance—this picture of two young men penetrating the most ancient solitudes of earth, to battle, sin
. The hunter-naturalist; romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Hunting; Natural history. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RHINOCEROS AND HIPPOPOTAMUS. Our African adventurers plume themselves evidently upon having Out-Heroded the Herods of all previous Romance of Hunting—in having capped the clima:^ of dashing extrava- gance, by combatting both behemoth and the unicorn in their own meadows and beneath forests as hoar as their renown. It certainly constitutes a very striking element of true romance—this picture of two young men penetrating the most ancient solitudes of earth, to battle, single-handed, with these sole representatives of monsters before the Flood, whose huge remains now fill the generations with such awe! o94. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Webber, Charles W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819-1856. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo
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