| 单词 | tusker |
| 例句 | I am six meters away from an enormous tusker that looks me in the eye before returning to its meal of bamboo. Safari: Where the Wild Things Are 2010-12-09T14:05:00Z In April, a court-appointed committee of experts decided it would be better to translocate the tusker. Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z A Kenyan elephant, thought to have been Africa's largest female tusker, has died of old age, wildlife officials have said. Kenya's famous matriarch elephant dies 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z After a large tusker was electrocuted by low-hanging power lines in December, the herd returned the following day to trample the crops where he’d been buried. Squeezing the Elephant 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z African elephants are referred as "tuskers" when their tusks grow so long that they reach the ground. One of Kenya's last big 'tusker' elephants dies 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Bull elephants are called “tuskers” when their tusks become so large they reach the ground, which takes many years to happen. The War on Wildlife and Its Protectors 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z On 5 June Tamil Nadu's forest officials tranquilised and captured the tusker. Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z And off and on for nine months, they sat with Smith in his hunter’s blind while he tried again and again to shoot the surprisingly elusive tusker Mr. Ed with a black-powder muzzle loader. How 2 Seattle filmmakers ended up making a documentary about a tiny Texas town 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z And every year, colorfully decorated tuskers carry an ornate box containing a replica of one of the Buddha’s teeth. Sri Lanka cracks down on owners of elephants taken from wild 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The 55-year-old tusker had pulmonary disease and digestive disorders and was denied a proper diet and veterinary care. Elephants Brutalized in Religious Ceremonies in India With elephant numbers in free-fall in many places, losing even one big tusker is damaging to a herd. Why Killing a Bull Elephant With Big Tusks Hurts the Herd 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Visuals of Arikoban's latest capture raised concerns about the number of times the tusker had been tranquilised and the injuries the animal had suffered as he was transported by officials in an open truck. Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The Tsavo Trust runs an inspirational campaign to bring attention to Kenya’s last great tuskers . Kenya’s biggest elephant killed by poachers 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z As more tuskers and captive elephants die, the issue is likely to get more controversial. Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's elephants? 2012-06-13T23:53:02Z Every elephant I saw—these majestic male tuskers—were completely enslaved. Elephants Brutalized in Religious Ceremonies in India The bull is a “tusker”—an elephant genetically predisposed to being extra big, with extra-large tusks. Why Killing a Bull Elephant With Big Tusks Hurts the Herd 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Reports said locals living nearby protested its relocation, worried that the tusker could wreak havoc in their settlements. Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z It was certainly a giant tusker, but it was hard to tell if this was Satao, as the face was mutilated face and the tusks gone. Kenya’s biggest elephant killed by poachers 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Last year 30 wildlife groups boycotted a government census of wild elephants after a minister said it would be used to locate healthy animals including tuskers to be domesticated for temples. Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's elephants? 2012-06-13T23:53:02Z When all the finest tuskers have been thus disposed of, I come with my rifle and shoot them, one after the other. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z It was there that he fought and defeated the hoary tusker of the herd, the one-tusked giant who had bullied and tyrannized over his tribe for time beyond Shere Bahadur's memory. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The tusker had been spotted in the state's Cumbum town on 27 May. Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The tiger seemed quite unable to check his speed in time, and next moment he was crushed to atoms under the terrible feet of the furious tusker. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z Shortly afterwards the writer almost trod on two boars, deeply slumbering in an isolated thicket—one an old tusker, grizzly with age, and looking almost white as he trotted away across the dunes. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I could have finished off the tusker at my ease as he lay on the ground, had it not been for my loyal obedience to the regulations. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z But I remember once—I and my man Friday—being charged by two gigantic tuskers, and the whole herd rushing wildly down to their assistance. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z They plan to approach the courts to bring the tusker back. Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Yes, but the pen has never yet been dipped in ink that can describe the fury of an angry tusker’s charge. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z Soon "Moro's" deep voice told he had the tusker at bay, down in the defile, far below. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I wondered what happened when two tuskers met in the narrow path. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Ah! but there must have been a mist of blood before the tusker’s eyes; it was a tree he charged; his tusk snapped like a pipe-stalk, and the great elephant at once fell dead.” O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Sixty yards away, his head towering above the surrounding bush, stood a monstrous tusker. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Little Toomai looked back, and behind him a great wild tusker with his little pig's eyes glowing like hot coals, was just lifting himself out of the misty river. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z Then a trained hound, termed the maestro, which throws tongue only to pig, is slipped: should he succeed in bringing a tusker to bay, a dozen strong dogs, half-bred mastiffs, are despatched to his assistance. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z If you can tell me the approximate height of this elephant and if a single or double tusker and any distinguishing peculiarities, I will write to the deputy commissioner and get it proclaimed. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Like a family of monkeys the natives decorated the tree, while below was Burra Moti giving lusty battle to the tusker. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Take delight in earnestness; watch thy thoughts and never tire; Lift thee from the Path of Evil, like the tusker sunk in mire. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z It should be added that some of these large tusks came from Ceylon; such tuskers being believed to be descended from mainland animals imported into the island. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z He was a tusker of most forbidding appearance, and the instant his wicked little eyes fell upon Donalblane he bristled up and began gnashing his tusks ominously. Donalblane of Darien On the backs of the splendid tuskers intended for the shooters were howdahs fitted with gun rests and seats. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z "Send a couple of these fellows to the keddha to tell Immat to bring out his tusker, with a couple of ropes." The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z As a king deserts his borders, by the enemy pursued, Like the tusker in the forest, go thy way in solitude. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z You take that tusker right in front of you, and I'll take the big fellow to the right, and when I say 'Fire!' let drive. The Wreckers of Sable Island Now, there was old Albert," said he, "a fine ten-foot tusker, that I'd seen grow up from a baby, and I was fond of him, too, but I had to kill him. Careers of Danger and Daring The herds are generally easily stampeded; but sometimes the surly old tusker, enraged at having his meal of succulent grain disturbed, charges the peasants and perhaps kills one or two of them. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z They travelled for an hour up through graceful bamboos and on into the rolling hills, coming upon the tusker and the natives waiting. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Better is the lonely life, for fools companions cannot be; Live alone and do no evil, live alone with scanty needs, Lonely, as the mighty tusker in the forest lonely feeds. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z Pull up; let us watch him awhile; he is a magnificent tusker, and there are at least half-a-dozen others. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer They had not even been tuskers, so that, unless their heads and feet were used for mere decorations, I114 do not see that their slaughter could have answered any useful end. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' A double tusker killed one of our sawyers near here and was proclaimed and a reward of fifty rupees and the tusks offered. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The king of the group, a magnificent tusker, pushed the logs with his snout and tusks, while the others pulled them with chains. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions The stables were a great point, and the bobbery pack, which hunt pig for five months all through the winter, accounted in one season for something like nineteen full-grown boar, ten tuskers, and nine sows. In the Tail of the Peacock Many a rare old tusker finds a home in the mountain gorges. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The end of it all was that Palo broke the pigs’ heads with a special club, and when night fell, twenty-six “tuskers” lay agonizing on the ground. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific A tusker elephant suddenly appeared on the metals. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The next instant two of the three tuskers were seen to stumble heavily and fall to the ground, while the third pulled up short, and, with legs wide apart, stood screaming with fear and pain. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure There he had picked on Louis Schoverling—or "the General," as his fellow-explorers had laughingly dubbed him after the failure of a certain South American revolution—to take him to the tuskers. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Marchmont killed a grand old tusker, and presented the tusks to the local chief, who in return gave him a very old kava bowl—a valuable article to Samoans. The Call Of The South 1908 The lower jaws of the tuskers were cut out separately and handed over to Palo, to be cleaned and hung up in his gamal in the shape of a chandelier, as tokens of his rank. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Turning, he saw to his horror a large tusker elephant descending the steep bank and coming straight towards them. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Then it burst into the open—the finest tusker he had ever seen—and made for him as fiercely as he rode at it. The Path to Honour "And I have told you where to get the best of all tuskers," rejoined Selim seriously. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Now there is a snapping of dead wood, a rustling of leaves, and an immense tusker—a grizzled leader of a herd—comes ponderously through the sun-dappled aisles to the edge of the road. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story This one was a tusker, who had been the terror of the neighbourhood, having killed many people, among them a forester, only a few days before our arrival. The Eagle Cliff I fired again, and the tusker, checked in his rush, swung off to one side. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z For these various reasons they resolved to remain quiet in the tree, and patiently await the termination of that curious “ring performance,” which the old tusker still continued to keep up. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Professor Romanes gives an instance of a fine 'tusker' which, when badly wounded, was promptly surrounded by his companions. Chatterbox, 1905. He's calling the two big tuskers back," Horace chuckled, "but there'll be doings on before they get here! Son of Power Fortunately the jungle helped the mahowt by hiding the tusker from view. The Eagle Cliff About sixty yards ahead a large tusker was standing apparently half asleep under the trees, its right side towards us. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z It was a true rogue—Ossaroo had long since pronounced it one—and an “old tusker” at that. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The "rogue" was an immense tusker, a big, wild, savage-looking brute, who charged with up-lifted trunk, and now trumpeted with so tremendous a note that the jungle and the hill-sides rang with the hoarse thunder. Jack Haydon's Quest The trick of it all is that a man never knows what the tusker will do. Son of Power The wild tusker, however, showed the white feather. The Eagle Cliff We had no difficulty in picking out the tusker's trail. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z “Arjun!” cried the Kurus, and in panic broke and fled, Steed and tusker turned from battle, soldiers fell among the dead! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse These wandering tuskers are only biding their time until they are able to meet all comers in a herd. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon A trampled place in the jungle—tusker at bay—-a mounted sticker on each side waiting for the move. Son of Power He was soon left far behind, while the tusker charged onward. The Eagle Cliff Occasionally a tusker, not belonging to a harried herd, develops a liking to a lonely existence and strays away from the others of his kind. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Fierce Duhsasan with his tuskers rushed into the fine of war, But the tuskers broke in panic, onward still went Arjun's car! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse I have heard of a tusker at Hyderabad that is over eleven feet, but we must hold this open to doubt till an accurate measurement, for which I have applied, is received. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon It's the bad revolting curve that goes with a tusker's snout, in the sag of which the eye is set, that puts him out of reach of decent regard. Son of Power It was a party chasing a fine young tusker. The Eagle Cliff Small tusks are at times brought in, but no Europeans, so far as I know, ever killed a tusker in these wilds. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Closer still they came like tigers closing with their reddened paws, Or like tuskers with their red tusks, eagles with their rending claws! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse They splashed and played about like huge porpoises, and were smacked and kept in order like naughty children by their great tusker nurse, and eventually guided to a landing. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma The tusker halted at the border of their little clearing. Son of Power We afterwards learned that it had been fired over the head of a big tusker elephant that stood under a tree not many yards from the man who fired. The Eagle Cliff Often when the natives are in the bush they have to seek refuge in climbing trees from the savage tuskers, especially if they have been speared, and are determined to fight. Adventures in New Guinea Still the princes shook their weapons, drove the deep resounding car, Or on steed or tusker mounted waged the glorious mimic war! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Long rows of giant tuskers stand with swaying heads, each with his howdah beside him—towering brutes such as the old kings of Asia rode into battle, to the terror of their enemies. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Nels' smashing drive at the throat had carried the tusker from under the Arab's feet. Son of Power A big tusker, named Mowla Buksh, was being taken by his mahowt to drink and bathe, according to custom, when it was observed that the elephant seemed to be out of temper. The Eagle Cliff So saying, the hunter uppermost again, he wheeled round, and we followed the stream quite slowly while he looked on either hand for signs of the large tusker. Morocco Like a tusker in his fury, like a lion in his ire, Like the sun in noontide radiance, like the all-consuming fire! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse More pig-sticking next morning, with two tuskers for trophies; and thereafter, they travelled reluctantly back to harness, by an afternoon train, feeling—without exception—healthier, happier men. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Nels on his feet was bent to the task—the tusker sprawling, the piggy haunches settling flat. Son of Power Thou shalt today behold him with his car and steeds and darts and armour and weapons, reduced to dust like a tree in the forest crushed by a tusker. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Several times we dismounted, and he examined the banks very carefully until, at the fourth or fifth attempt, tracks that were certainly larger than any we had seen revealed the long-sought tusker. Morocco In their warlike arms accoutred with their girded loins they stood, Like two untamed jungle tuskers in the deep and echoing wood! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse As a lordly tusker tramples on a field of feeble reeds, As a forest conflagration on the parched woodland feeds, Bhishma rode upon the warriors in his mighty battle car. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Nels loosed now, but sat by his game—sat upon his haunches, bringing first-aid cleansing to his shoulders and chest, where the pinned tusker had worn against him in the battle. Son of Power A huge bull led them, lines of other tuskers behind him, crowds of females and calves bringing up the rear. The Jungle Girl But at that very moment the line of tuskers burst out of the tangled undergrowth and the tiger jumped down into the nullah again. The Elephant God And as tuskers range the forest, so they range the spacious field, Right to left and back they wander and their ponderous maces wield! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse You do not find here so done to the life the chargings of lordly tuskers, the gilt and crimson, the scarlet and pomp and blazonry, of war. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Of the 44 retained, 41, of which 14 were tuskers, were sold for 50,705 rupees. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore Thus do the mahouts of the koonkies, or trained female elephants employed in hunting and snaring wild tuskers, conceal themselves during the chase. The Jungle Girl A sharp cry from Dermot and the two bodies of tuskers separated and moved away, branching off half right and left, and disappeared in the undergrowth. The Elephant God The great tusker moved evenly along, bearing on the pad an enormous yellow carcass, at which the little mahout glanced occasionally over his shoulder. Mr. Isaacs In one instance a tusker, which was badly wounded by Major ROGERS, was promptly surrounded by his companions, who supported him between their shoulders, and actually succeeded in covering his retreat to the forest. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon One can fancy that the great old wrinkled tusker that led the herd peered at him now and then out of his little red eyes and wondered. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Then the tusker rose and moved swiftly after the herd. The Jungle Girl All at once Badshah slackened his pace and began to advance with the caution of a tusker stalking an enemy. The Elephant God Far away, the trumpet-call of a wild tusker trembled through the moist, hot night; and great bell-shaped flowers made the air pungent and heavy with perfume. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 A tusker, if there be one in the party, is generally observed to be the commander; but a female, if of superior energy, is as readily obeyed as a male. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon Little Muztagh saw her march away between two tuskers—down the long elephant trail into the valley and the shadow. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 For on the farther side of the house a huge tusker elephant in the garden stood over a little European boy about four years old, who was sprawling almost under the huge feet. The Jungle Girl This is logical and reasonable; because if an unencumbered tusker headed the line and set the pace, he would go too fast and too far for the little legs of the babies in the rear. The Elephant God Suddenly upon this scene burst the mad bull—a huge tusker, his little eyes inflamed with insane rage. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar One of the decoys which rendered good service, and was obviously held in special awe by the wild herd, was a tusker belonging to Dehigame Rata-mahatmeya. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon And the man knew that on the morrow Dugan Sahib would pay him a lifetime's earnings for the little wabbly calf, whose welcome had been the wild cries of the tuskers in the jungle. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 At the same instant the head of a huge tusker poked through the trees that fringed the clearing. Son of Tarzan His rifle was some distance away, and before he could reach it the tusker would probably overtake him. The Elephant God Now they singled out two large tuskers, and at a signal the fifty men rose from the ground where they had lain concealed, and hurled their heavy war spears at the two marked beasts. Return of Tarzan This is more readily seen in the case of a tusker than any other, because in a herd he is generally the object of the keenest pursuit by the hunters. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon He was still just a baby, even if he did have the wild tuskers' love of liberty. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 An elephant's eyesight is none too good; but the great tusker evidently had harbored suspicions of this yellow-bearded white man from the first. Son of Tarzan The big tusker had probably belonged to the peelkhana of some rajah, judging by the pattern of the painted design. The Elephant God The mighty tusker turned at the sound of his falling body, and, seeing only the easy prey of a young ape, he lowered his head and charged madly at the surprised youth. Tarzan of the Apes Little Toomai looked back, and behind him a great wild tusker with his little pig's eyes glowing like hot coals was just lifting himself out of the misty river. The Jungle Book Any other wild tusker would have charged in furious wrath, and there would have been a quick and certain death beneath his great knees. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 And then from around the corner of his tent loomed a huge bulk, and Tantor, the great tusker, towered above him. Son of Tarzan Then he drove his animal into the herd of tuskers, which had crowded together, and divided them into two bodies. The Elephant God Silently they waited and presently were rewarded by the sight of a mighty tusker carrying an amount of ivory in his long tusks that set their greedy hearts to palpitating. Jungle Tales of Tarzan Long may Indian sportsmen find plenty of 'foemen worthy of their steel' in the old grey boar, the fighting tusker of Bengal. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter He is not a wild tusker like you. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 His teeth had gone, all but two buck-teeth which stuck out at each corner of his mouth, giving him the look of a tusker. Salute to Adventurers Once, when almost at close quarters with an old boar, he was stooping down to meet the tusker with a low thrust. Via Crucis The tusker turned and moved slowly off along a broad, tree-arched trail, pausing occasionally to pluck a tender branch, or strip the edible bark from an adjacent tree. Jungle Tales of Tarzan He crouched at the distance of a few paces, as if about to spring, and then sprang clean on to the head of Joe's tusker. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Only on certain nights of the year, when the tuskers called from the jungles, and the spirit of the wild was abroad, would their love of liberty return to them. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Gunda, our big male Indian tusker, was the worst elephant with which I ever came in close touch, and we hope never to see his like again. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations It is indeed lucky for you," he said, "that you have fallen into my hands; Fra Palamone—that old tusker with the useful foot—would have flayed you alive and sold the skin. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca The trumpeting of a mad tusker rose shrill above the cries of the anthropoids, as Tantor, the elephant, dashed swiftly across the clearing to the aid of his friend. Jungle Tales of Tarzan Here the grey tusker takes up his abode with his harem. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter To my one tusker Will and Fred had brought down five and six respectively. The Ivory Trail A fighting tusker can lord it over almost any number of tuskless elephants, because he can pierce their vitals, and they cannot pierce his. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The child was very fearless, but the only elephant he was allowed to approach was a venerable tusker named "Warren Hastings," the very identical elephant on which Warren Hastings made his first entry into Calcutta. The Days Before Yesterday Then he said to the elephant: "Pick me up!" and the tusker swung him lightly to his head. Jungle Tales of Tarzan On the distant horizon a small cluster of eager sportsmen are fast overhauling another luckless tusker, and enjoying in all their fierce excitement the same sensations you have just experienced. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter “There won’t many of the big tuskers get away from you, Tom Swift,” he said. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land Should they discover a herd, they ride up to the finest tusker and single him from the others. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile I had an excellent hood arranged for a large tusker which was lent to me by the Commissariat. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 This fellow was a small 'tusker,' who formed one of a herd in thick thorny jungle. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon Many stories are told of their enormous size, and a 'forty-inch tusker' is the established standard for a Goliath among boars. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter The other beasts had gathered in a compact mass, with the larger bulls, or tuskers, on the outside, to protect the females and young. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land The tusker, fearing less, keeps his trunk down, and, warned in time by that exquisitely sensitive organ, takes heed to his ways. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 I was riding the large tusker Thompson, who became much agitated as a succession of wild pigs rushed forward upon several occasions, and one lot took to water, swimming across a channel upon my left. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The leader, a big tusker, uttered a shrill cry. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South In these Augora patinas a curious duel was lately fought by a pair of wild bull elephants, both of whom were the raree aves of Ceylon, "tuskers." Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon There are some big tuskers in that bunch!” cried Mr. Durban. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land He was as silent as an old tusker at bay. The Path of the King This was the tusker Lord Mayo, who, although a good-tempered harmless creature, appeared to be utterly devoid of nerves, and would take fright at anything to which it was unaccustomed. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 All at once the leading tusker of the Sully herd lunged straight at old Emperor. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South What a sight for a Ceylon elephant-hunter would be the first view of a herd of African elephants—all tuskers! Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Then, with upraised trunk, he darted forward, followed by a score of big tuskers. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land But the tusker probably never saw Teddy at all. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South At last the tusker began to retreat in earnest. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Every time the long trunk of Sully's big tusker was raised in the air, Teddy thought it was being aimed at his head and shrank closer to Emperor's back. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South In Ceylon, a "tusker" is a kind of spectre, to be talked of by a few who have had the good luck to see one. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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