| 单词 | eland |
| 例句 | “The older brother ran ahead. He came upon a dead eland and immediately cut it up into steaks. ‘How could you be so foolish?’ cried Biri when she saw what he had done. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Biri, a famous rain priestess, and her two brothers had founded the eland clan. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Giraffe, kudu, eland, impala, zebra, rhino and buffalo are all often to be seen from the cottages’ verandas. How to safari in South Africa on a budget 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The timber wolf, the bison and the eland all experienced T. R.’s dead aim, although the giant polar bear rug in the otherwise feminine drawing room came courtesy of Robert Peary, the Arctic explorer. Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill Home Cries ‘Bully!’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Rock paintings, which were done with ingredients like eland blood and egg white, depict elephants, eland and other animals as well as processions of hunters and other scenes of daily life. An Artist Colony Thrives in the South African Desert 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z They include 600 disease-free buffalos, 150 springbok, 65 oryx, 60 giraffes, 35 eland, 28 elephants, 20 impala and 16 kudus – all from national parks. Namibia forced by drought to auction 1,000 wild animals 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z One morning, he woke as the dawn drew out an eland—a kind of antelope—from the ceiling of the cave in which he’d fallen asleep. An Artist’s Archeology of the Mind 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z These include buffalos, chimpanzees, forest elephants, leopards, lions and the icon of this park, the giant eland – an imposing antelope. On patrol with the wildlife rangers of Chinko – photo essay 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z In addition, another sable antelope is pregnant and some bongo and eland may be, Hatwood said. It’s a girl,girl,boy,girl…! Baby boom at 2-zoo partnership 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Some of these are relatively rare and sought after today, including the platypus, eland, black panther and warthog. An Ode To Britains Toy Animals 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Wildlife habitat The valley is home to buffalo, baboon, bushpig, crocodile, eland, elephant, hartebeest, puku antelope, reedbuck, sable, waterbuck, weaver bird and zebra. Tanzania’s ghost safari: how western aid contributed to the decline of a wildlife haven 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z I thought of the eland that Sacks had seen, as a child, emerging from the ceiling of the cave. An Artist’s Archeology of the Mind 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Multiple media outlets report the plan calls for a new 1.5-acre exhibit on a site that now houses the zoo’s eland collection. $5M gift will bring lions back to New Orleans' Audubon Zoo 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Cincinnati Zoo staff collect the eggs of a giant eland to help with reproduction of the species in Africa. Bizarre Horns of the Animal Kingdom Buffalo, wildebeest, eland, elephant and hippo populations began to rise, and even the lions returned in moderate numbers, although some predators, such as leopards, seem to have been obliterated for good. The rebirth of Mozambique's natural treasure - BBC News 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Other predators such as cheetahs, hyenas and leopards will also be waiting for the wildebeest and other herbivores including gazelle, zebra, impala and eland. Watch Africa's Great Migration Live For The First Time 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z By night, they dined on the meat of elands, impalas, warthogs and other animals in an African safari experience. At South African hunting reserve, US bow hunters lie in wait for antelope and other wildlife 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z In November, several members of a police special forces unit accused a Bushman, Nkemetseng Motsoko, of poaching an eland and demanded that he surrender the carcass, according to Bennett, the British lawyer. In Botswana reserve, Bushmen still being deprived of rights 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z In the park's South Africa exhibit, there are rhinos, wildebeests and eland. Animal with rare genetic quirk stands out at San Diego Zoo Safari Park 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the addax, and the eland are other species. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z So the eland sat down, and presently a leopard came along, and he also the man told to sit on one side and wait for the honey. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z Livingstone's grave is in a quiet nook, such as he himself desired, in the outskirts of a forest bordering on a grass plain where the roan buck and eland roam in safety. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Ah, no! nothing but hartbeest, zebra, giraffe, eland and buffalo this day. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z He then returned on Jackal's spoor, and reached the dead eland, where, finding Jackal in its carcass, he seized him by his tail and drew him out with a swing. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z Presently I got up and went on to the wood, where there were plenty of elands and antelopes. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z "No, he is not big," said the eland, "but his guile is very great." Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z We got plenty of giraffe, gemsbuck, eland, hartebeest, blue wildebeest, springbok, zebra, and so on, for the first month; and along the Botletli we killed some sea-cows and buffaloes, which swarmed in those days. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Fat of the zebra, eland, and other game was mixed with dirt and put into a small pot. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Then they went home in order to return when the eland was dead, and cut it up. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z We have, however, still herds of antelopes of all kinds, springboks, gemsboks, elands, koodoos, hartebeests, and gnus. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The eland galloped off, and presently a buffalo came tearing past. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z Skilled South African hunters can achieve this feat with the eland and giraffe, but the giraffe is usually far more difficult to ride into camp than the eland. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti, if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Jackal, however, turned back, unknown to Lion, hit his nose so that the blood ran on the spoor of the eland, and followed their track thus, in order to cheat Lion. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z More rarely elands and hartebeests appeared, and once a number of gnus—these strange animals, which seem to be something half-way between the horse and the ox—went by at their awkward gallop. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Then that hunter turned and killed the buffalo, and the lion seized the eland, and the leopard caught the bushbuck, and the gennet got the chicken. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z The other party, it appeared, had by a long détour encircled a whole herd of koodoos, elands, and others—all of the antelope species. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z The place was riddled with game tracks, and we saw spoor of koodoo and eland several times, and tracks innumerable of wild pig, rietbuck, bushbuck, and duiker. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z When he had gone some distance, he returned by another way to the dead eland, and creeping into its carcass, cut out all the fat. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z The remainder of the myth accounts for the origin of elands and for their inconvenient wildness. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Presently an eland came along and asked the man what he was doing in the tree. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z Fortunately for myself, I had some dried eland flesh in my hut, with which I stayed my hunger, and so the most miserable twenty-four hours I had yet spent in Caffraria. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z From the large numbers of elands which haunted the hills he named his new home “Elandsfontein.” A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Lion had now caught a large eland which lay dead on the top of a high bank. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z This is curiously like the Bushman myth of Cagn, the mantis insect, and his favourite eland. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z ‘Look out, eland,’ said the jackal; ‘here comes the lion.’ Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z There were three of them squatting upon the ground, with an eland’s skin between them, which they were scraping with all their might. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z The animals most frequently represented were the eland, the hartebeeste, the gemsbok and the baboon. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Jackal, look after my eland, I am going to get a drink. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z Soon the elands appeared; they ran for a short distance down the kloof, then halted just opposite where I was standing. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z So he shook his tail and loped off to tell the lion that a fat eland was drinking at the vlei. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Captain Harris alludes to it in his “Sporting Expedition in Africa,” when he so graphically describes the death of a young eland. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Upon the mountain side roamed the noble eland; in the thorny copses the stately koodoo herded,—wild cattle with which Providence had stocked the pasture for his use. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z After that Jackal and his wife ate heartily of the eland. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z On the top of the big mountain beyond it, which you call the Katberg, herds of eland used often to browse. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z So the eland ran, and he ran straight for the lion, who rose through the air and broke the eland’s neck. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The one we saw was perfect in its representation of an eland and buffalo hunt. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z The horns of the eland are almost straight, turning backwards and inwards. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The first animal killed was a large eland. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z Then we rushed in, and before the sun sank five of the elands lay dead. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z But the sight of an eland, which was swiftly passing by, presented to his mind the means of delivery. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z The sausage-like strings now replacing it, are the flesh of elands, and other large antelopes, the carcass of a giraffe having contributed to the stock. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z It is rather a matter of surprise that no attempt has been made to domesticate the eland, possessing, as it does, so many excellent qualities and serving so many useful purposes. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z They were large ones too—that is, of medium size—about as large as red deer; but of course small when compared with such species as the blauw-bok or the huge eland. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Two of the elands had fallen close together, within a few paces of a stream of water, and the others lay at different spots, none of which were more than a hundred paces away. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Once the song was merely an expression of gratified approval of the quality of the meat of an eland I had shot during the day. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Except in the bongo and elands, horns are present only in the males, and these are angulated and generally spirally twisted, and without rings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Neither lions, rhinoceroses, zebras, giraffes, nor ostriches were found; and the great variety of elands and gazelles, although found almost everywhere else in Africa, were not to be seen there. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Those big ox-like fellows to the left of the zebras are eland. Into the Primitive We seventeen collected together where the two elands lay, and in a few minutes found ourselves surrounded by those who had driven the game for us. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Shaggy wildebeests curvetted and plunged with a ferocity both ludicrous and sinister; elands as heavy as prize cattle trotted away with shaking dewlaps. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Herds of antelopes, and occasionally graceful koodoos and elands, bounded by them, and little rivulets, evidently on their way to mingle with some large river, covered the ground with a carpet of verdure. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa In spite of these peculiarities of structure, the eland is not only a very beautiful, but a very graceful animal. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z As he expected, the eland halted and swung half around. Into the Primitive These enormous herds of game, too, kept us abundantly in food—eland and quagga and gnu, every species was there—so that we had little need to kill our own cattle. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story It is far easier for them to come here than for us to carry the eland to them. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa He had the flesh of a fat cow eland all ready, and it would save much trouble to the tired trekkers if they took their evening meal with him. Tales of South Africa Livingstone describes the eland as the most magnificent of the antelopes. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z He could see large forms moving away from him; then came the flood of crimson light, and he made out that the figures were a drove of huge eland. Into the Primitive A fire was lit, some strips of venison cut from an eland killed the previous day, roasted on the embers, and they made a hearty meal. The Ruined Cities of Zululand His success was hailed with delight by his half-famished comrades, who, though they had bagged a small antelope since the eland, had been much stinted in their meat rations lately. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Herds of elands, buffaloes, and quaggas were scattered here and there, whilst smaller and solitary bucks could be seen, now bounding away from some fancied danger, then grazing on the green and fresh grass. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer The eland is another species which abounds in South Africa wherever fertile planes or low hills exist. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z They had a shelter secure alike from the weather and from wild beasts; an abundance of nutritious food, and, as material for clothing, the bushbuck, hyena, and eland hides. Into the Primitive The alarm would spread, and at one moment there could not have been less than a hundred and fifty eland moving near them across the plain. The Ruined Cities of Zululand “If Master Abdullah would only make a little fire, and Master Selim cut a little meat from that fine eland that lies dead by that tree yonder, Simba might eat meat and live.” My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa This he was not long in doing, for the morning was foggy, and he came upon three elands, within a few hundred yards of his night’s resting-place. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer My friend told me that elands were sometimes in sight of his house, as well as hartebeest, and occasionally quaggas; that all the kloofs contained bucks, pheasants, and guinea-fowl. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa There was also plenty of dried meat, evidently eland’s flesh, and a number of poisoned arrows. The White Chief of the Caffres The eland was a female, easily distinguished as such from the very great difference of colour, being of a light pale yellow, with a splendid pair of spirally-twisted horns. The Ruined Cities of Zululand “Coming!” was the answer which that industrious young Arab gave, as he turned his face toward the group with a shoulder of eland meat on his back. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Troops of magnificent elands, amounting to three and four hundred, would be found herding on these terraces. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer I sought shelter under the waggon-tilt, but was forced to lie on a mattress stuffed with eland’s meat. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa When we were out to-day we found a young eland lying dead. The Blind Lion of the Congo There were many mouths to feed in camp, and the child eland was three parts grown. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Then, catching sight of the girl’s face, which she had kept bent down, he was struck by its beauty, and put the same question that the rabbit, and the elands, and the gazelles had done. The Brown Fairy Book We turn up our sleeves when we skin an eland, and we take off our coats and turn down our collars when we are too hot. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer Evening closing in, we were forced to give up, and thus one of the finest specimens of horns that I ever saw on an eland’s head was lost. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa After dining sumptuously on eland tongue and hartebeest tenderloin Burt pushed back his canvas chair with a sigh of content. The Blind Lion of the Congo His foreleg broken, the eland still galloped on, his speed much diminished but yet considerable. The Ruined Cities of Zululand And the elands all cried: ‘Wretched man! it is you whom the ogre should eat, and not your beautiful daughter.’ The Brown Fairy Book Even when they have to run the gauntlet of the hunters, the eland will usually prefer doing so and keeping his head to the wind, rather than run down wind. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer In consequence of this delay we were all fully two hundred yards distant when the eland crossed the ridge and dashed down the steep slope on our left. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa We are introduced into the inner family circle of rhinos, leopards, eland, oryx, gazelle and others—all unconscious of the nearby presence of man. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 A good wash in the river, a hearty meal of eland meat, with a dessert of the mobala fruit, strongly resembling in flavour the English strawberry, and then the hunter told his tale. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Every effort, in short, was made to preserve the old skill and interest in rifle-shooting, which it was feared would vanish with the vanishing elands and gemsbok. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The stately koodoo, the noble water-buck, the striped eland, and many other creatures rarely, if ever, seen in England, except in our museums, were seen in numbers. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer The other Dutchmen soon joined us, and blessed the eland in choice language for escaping and being such a hard runner. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa They were elands; but each was marked with small white stripes across the body, in this respect resembling “koodoos.” The Giraffe Hunters With so strong a party it was easy to drive the antelope, so hartebeest and eland meat was plentiful in the camp. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The mud-grimed hippos bellow; the dove-eyed elands bleat, When the clank of steel disturbs them, and the beat of sandalled feet. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure When disturbed by the sight of man, the antelopes of Africa, to which class the eland belongs, will almost invariably start at a long trot with their heads towards the wind. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer One of the Boers, who had changed to his second horse, now passed me, and firing, placed a second bullet in the eland’s shoulder. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa They expected to reach it in one day, and could have done so, but for a large drove of elands, which was encountered upon the way, and the pursuit of which delayed them. The Giraffe Hunters On a branch near, hung the carcase of a fat eland, from which animal a strongly built Hottentot was employed cutting a large slice with his long sharp knife. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Elk is derived from the same root as eland, and the history of the latter word is an interesting one. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year It will be a long time before the elands are driven away from the plains here, and there are buck in plenty. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer When we had ridden for nearly an hour, we suddenly saw, in a valley beneath us, an enormous herd of elands: they were scattered about grazing like cattle. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Three or four lions had also joined in the strife, in which the only victims had been the unfortunate elands. The Giraffe Hunters The greater part of the eland lies in the brush near the river side.” The Ruined Cities of Zululand But in later years the Dutch carried the same word, eland, to South Africa, and there gave it to the largest of the tribe of antelopes, in which sense it is used by zoologists to-day. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year During the first few days of their journey the only game that the hunters encountered were elands, buffaloes, and antelopes of various kinds. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer They inquired if we had no elands in that land, and seemed to think it a very poor place where no large game was to be found. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa The only growth near the spot where the elands were, consisted of straggling aloe plants, euphorbias, with some stunted bushes, and tufts of dry grass, characteristic of the desert. Popular Adventure Tales The lion is sure to return for the remains of the eland. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Jack and Charlie each dropped an eland, Jack wounding a hartebeest which got away in the rush. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Two fat elands had been pointed out at the verge of the copse the moment before. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 At the cold season of the year the Dutchmen are in the habit of making excursions into the uninhabited plains in search of the large herds of elands and hartebeest that are there found. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa He might have thought of lions, and acted with greater prudence; but the trampling of hoofs which still echoed up the pass told him that lions were not the cause of the eland's alarm. Popular Adventure Tales Sending the eland meat to camp, the hunters took their way to the river bank, searching for the spoor of the lion. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Jack fired, missed, fired again, and the eland gave one high spring and rolled heels over head. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series At last, when hundreds upon hundreds of the various antelopes had passed, the elands were still browsing about, nearly half a mile away, and seemed not likely to come any nearer. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure The eland still trotted rapidly away, and both my horse and the Boer’s being completely blown, we could go no farther. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Now since their arrival, no elands had been seen, though now and438 then their spoor was observed; and Hendrik, for several reasons, was very desirous of getting one. Popular Adventure Tales Troops of eland crossed their path from time to time, but their minds being pre-occupied with the thought of some danger abroad, these were not molested. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Charlie, Jack and the General scoured the plain that afternoon, bringing in three eland and sending the Masai out after two zebra. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Yes, but it came undone in the ride after the eland. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure As I approached them, I made out a couple of bulls and four cow elands, with five or six half-grown calves. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa As the quaggas went off in the same direction which the eland had taken, of course Hendrik's road and theirs lay so far together; and on galloped he at their heels. Popular Adventure Tales Trotting jauntily along, his little feet hardly seeming to touch the ground, a young eland came to the side of the dead mother. The Ruined Cities of Zululand By the time they camped at noon, however, the boys and Schoverling had brought in an eland, which they had found solitary. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series To come back again, after they had left us the mangled remains of the eland. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure The elands are well-known in England, several fine specimens being in the Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa So on swept the chase, the eland leading, the quaggas after, and Hendrik bringing up the rear. Popular Adventure Tales They shot anything that came in their way, elephants, buffaloes, elands, gemsbok, and I don’t know what else. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Suddenly an eland dashed out from a clump of bushes barely a hundred yards off, not having heard their approach. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Antelopes of many kinds came down, from tiny gazelles up to the great eland. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure Some of the party managed this business, while I and two of the Boers waited under the hill until the elands should come past us. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa The fact was, that as soon as the eland halted, Hendrik intended to halt also; and for that purpose pulled strongly upon his bridle. Popular Adventure Tales Looking round I saw nine elands descending the side of the depression and making straight for me. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer We met as before buffaloes, elands, koodoos, and various antelopes. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader No; we must have one of those elands. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure I thought that if I rode steadily after the eland, his wounds would soon cause him to fall. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Knowing that on such occasions boldness is always the best policy, I rode forward, and in a short time distinguished three spotted hyenas stealing up towards the body of the eland. In the Wilds of Africa After gazing at me for a few seconds the elands galloped on, changing their course slightly to the right. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer We went on for some distance without meeting with any live creatures, though we crossed the spoor of numerous elands, buffaloes, giraffes, and occasionally of elephants. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader They sprang into their saddles together, and dashed off to follow the elands, while at their first movements the whole plain was covered with the startled herds, one communicating its panic to the other. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure The eland had trotted down to some water, that flowed from a rocky ravine near, and formed a sort of court or semicircle, the back of which was high, and like a stone wall. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa As it would only afford enough food for a day’s consumption, we agreed to set out again immediately, in the hope of falling in with another herd of elands. In the Wilds of Africa Early the next morning I went out after eland and had an excellent morning's sport. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier By creeping along under the shelter of some low bushes as we neared them, the elands did not see us. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader On and on at a breakneck gallop, the horses stretching out like greyhounds in the long race; but the eland, long and lumbering as it was, kept ahead. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure A Colt’s revolver would also be a very useful weapon, especially when used in the saddle against elands. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa I now turned the horse’s head towards the camp, intending to pass by the eland I had shot. In the Wilds of Africa One morning while camped in the Jig-Jigga country, William Marlow, our Sahib's valet, was out with the pony men trailing a wounded oryx, while the Sahib himself was three miles away shooting eland. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier As the smoke cleared off, to my infinite delight I saw the eland struggling on the grass. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader At last the tremendous pace began to tell upon both horses and eland, while the difficulty of driving it in the required direction grow less. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure There was no remedy but to ride to the waggons for my second gun: they were not very far distant, and nearly on the line that the elands had just taken. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa I determined, however, not to be defeated; and standing by the body of the eland, struck out right and left with my knife. In the Wilds of Africa This has been attempted so far as regards the elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, and eland. Impressions of South Africa We had seen numbers of elands sporting round us in every direction, but as soon as we approached them, off they bounded. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader Then came the thought of a family of lions, which had perhaps been unsuccessful, scenting out the eland, and coming up to find him in that unprotected state. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure I suddenly noticed some animals nearly a mile distant that looked extremely like elands, and therefore I turned in their direction, which was nearly opposite to that which I had first pursued. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa I galloped on, till, to my delight, I saw before me an immense herd of the large eland, as they are called, or, more properly speaking, “cana.” In the Wilds of Africa It is a country full of all sorts of game, from buffaloes, elands, and koodoos downward to the small antelopes; and as game abounds, so also do lions abound. Impressions of South Africa Lifting his rifle to his shoulder he fired; the eland gave a bound, but alighting on its feet was scampering off, when I eagerly raised my rifle and pulled the trigger. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader I had such a splendid dinner yesterday off the eland.” Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure This struggle took a good deal out of him, and he was none of the freshest when I remounted and followed the elands, which I saw steadily trotting along a mile in advance. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa I could only carry a part of the elands. In the Wilds of Africa I have bloodied my fangs in the throat Of a mighty bull eland! Witch-Doctors It was along the edge of these dunes that I one day followed a wounded eland so far that dusk overtook me a long distance from my wagon. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa They saw immense herds of wolves, deer of various kinds, hyenas, elands, buffalo, and many other wild beasts, besides innumerable flocks of water-fowl of all kinds. Hunting the Lions I at length closed with the elands, and turned a bull from the herd. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa It would be cruel, now that we do not want meat, for an eland is to be killed every ten minutes.” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa He felt the weight of his spear tentatively, for a double omen of luck must mean big game: possibly an eland or a leopard. Witch-Doctors Sambroko having fortunately killed an eland, the people were restored to good-humour, and consented the next morning to commence the march. Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade On summing up the result of the day’s work, it was found that they had bagged six elephants, three elands, two buffaloes, and a variety of smaller game. Hunting the Lions He informed me that buffaloes and elands were not farther off than we could walk while it took the sun to go from “there to there,”—pointing to two clouds in the sky. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa “Koodoo,” he said, “eland, buffalo, bok, wildebeeste, quagga, zebra, lion,” and he pointed out in turn the spoor, or footprints, of the various beasts he named. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Old baas shoot eland, Olebo cut him up and dry him in the sun. A Dash from Diamond City The other members of the same family of spiral-horned antelopes are the kudu, the lesser kudu, the situtunga, the nyala, the bongo, and the lordly eland, king of all antelopes in size. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country The fierce buffalo, the giraffe, the oryx, the huge eland, and the eccentric gnoo, all have to succumb to their superior strength and armature. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family I started quite early in the morning with Inkau, to a spot which he told me elands frequented. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa The good dinner of eland, and the rest the oxen and horses had had amidst abundant grass and water, made all ready for the afternoon trek. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Herds of eland, hartebeests, gnu, and other game, stood on the slopes afar off, and looked down on the dark masses of men standing still in grim silence after their desperate struggle. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories Under the old game ordinance the sportsman was allowed to kill one bull eland; under the new ordinance he is allowed to kill none except in certain restricted districts and by special license. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country The fact was, that as soon as the eland halted Hendrik intended to halt also; and for that purpose pulled strongly upon his bridle. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family In the family history an ichneumon, an elephant, a monkey and an eland all figure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Game was abundant here, but though they could have shot eland, koodoo, blesbok, gemsbok, quagga, hartebeeste, zebra, and gnu, they had not seen elephant or giraffe, and these latter were in the boys’ minds continually. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers An eland was shot by Mr. Stanley, but it was lost. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The eland is as big as a bull, with spiral horns and beautifully marked skin, and both the male and female carry horns. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country The only growth near the spot where the elands were, consisted of straggling aloe-plants, euphorbias, with some stunted bushes, and tufts of dry grass, characteristic of the desert. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Many buffaloes feed here, and we viewed a herd of elands; they kept out of bow-shot only: a herd of the baama or hartebeest stood at 200 paces, and one was shot. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 There in the plains were herds of buffalo too numerous to count, quagga, zebra, gnu, eland, and bok of all kinds. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers He came at noon, having wandered in the eager pursuit of two herds of eland; having seen no game for a long time, he lost himself in the eager hope of getting one. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It is hard to get near an eland, but as the bull is nearly six feet high at the shoulders it is not especially difficult to hit him at three hundred yards or more. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country He might have thought of lions, and acted with greater prudence; but the trampling of hoofs which still echoed up the pass told him that lions were not the cause of the eland’s alarm. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family In the hut four Mazitu shields show that they did not get it all their own way; they are miserable imitations of Zulu shields, made of eland and water-buck's hides, and ill sewn. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 “And now the young kings say you may go and eat the big eland they shot, and fill yourselves full.” Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The traveller should inquire of the natives, and otherwise acquaint himself with those peculiar to the country that he visits; such as the roots which the eland eats, the bitter water-melon, etc. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Within two hours of Nairobi the sportsman may find twelve or fifteen species, while within the space of four weeks a lucky hunter might secure elephant, lion, rhinoceros, buffalo, eland and hippopotamus. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country As the quaggas went off in the same direction which the eland had taken, of course Hendrik’s road and theirs lay so far together; and on galloped he at their heels. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family It might be a huge eland, or an agile pig, or a herd of beautiful zebra. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time “There are a dozen elands too,” he continued, and then passed the glass to his sons. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers At one time we were within fifty yards of a band of magnificent eland. African Camp Fires An eland grazed peacefully upon a distant hill, and a wart-hog trotted away as we approached. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country So on swept the chase—the eland leading, the quaggas after, and Hendrik bringing up the rear. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Our time was too short on this occasion to see any portion of Mr. Rhodes's estate or the animals—antelope of many kinds, wildebeestes, elands, and zebras—which roamed through his woods. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time The elands, the largest of the antelope tribe," replied Swinton, "and the best eating of them all. The Mission Before doing so, however, I hunted for and killed a very large eland bull reported by Mavrouki. African Camp Fires The egrets police the eland and capture all predatory ticks, while the rhino usually has half a dozen little tick birds sitting upon him. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Now since their arrival, no elands had been seen, though now and then their spoor was observed; and Hendrik, for several reasons, was very desirous of getting one. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family In Salisbury, elands and zebras are nearly as great a curiosity as they are in St. Louis. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation African hunters for lion, rhinoceros, elephant, buffalo, eland, hartebeest, giraffe, and a hundred species made known to all the world by such classical sportsmen as Selous, Roosevelt, Stewart Edward White. Tales of lonely trails Others had been here before us, the wild things, taking advantage of the easy descent to drinking water—eland, buffalo, leopard, and small bucks. African Camp Fires There were dozens of them in the thick, low scrub, with now and then a bunch of eland, or a herd of waterbuck, or a few hundred of the ubiquitous kongoni. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country He anticipated some pleasure in the surprise he was about to create at camp, when he should march in with the eland—for he had no doubt that he would succeed in doing so. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family In addition to the two great preserves described above the government of British East Africa has established on the Uasin Gishu Plateau a centrally located sanctuary for elands, roan antelopes and hippopotamii. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation With the rope made fast to the saddle and the eland acting as a pivot, the black went careering round and round. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Thompson's and Roberts' gazelles were here in considerable numbers, eland, Roosevelt's wildebeeste, giraffe, the smaller grass antelopes, and a fair number of topi. African Camp Fires Some animals, like the rhino and the eland, have tick birds that sit upon their backs and eat the ticks. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Once or twice a big buck—an eland or a koodoo—broke cover, and at the sight of me went off snorting down the slope. Prester John Kingozi saw, besides these two, also the bigger and smaller gazelles, many zebra, topi, the lordly eland; and, apart, a dozen giraffes, two rhinoceros, and some warthogs. The Leopard Woman The three horsemen drove the eland toward the cameras—not directly at them, but a little to one side, at an angle, as Kearton wanted it done. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Destitute, fortunately for the travellers, of human inhabitants, the district abounded in a large variety of animal life; zebras, elands, caamas, sported on the bank, disappearing at night-fall before howling leopards and roaring lions. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain The head of the great bull eland makes a wonderfully imposing trophy when placed in your baronial halls. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country That bush-clad hill was the favourite haunt of droves of buffaloes and elands, and on that plain swarmed thousands upon thousands of springbok and of quagga, of hartebeest and of oribi. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Thus he named over the different animals—the topi, the red hartebeeste, the eland, zebra, some warthogs, and many others. The Leopard Woman After certain matters of business had been disposed of, the talk at the luncheon table drifted to the probabilities and possibilities of success; to lions, rhinos, elands, and cheetahs; to cowboys, horses, and dogs. Stories from Everybody's Magazine At length I observed an old bull eland standing under a tree. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians In addition to the great numbers of rhinos there are big herds of buffalo, enormous numbers of hippo in the river, and many small droves of eland. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Moreover, these were not alone, for gathered there were various other animals, driven down by the flood from the islands above them, reed and water bucks, and a great eland. The Ghost Kings The strange stiffness of joint and general ungainliness of the elk, however, were matters of such general observation as to apparently have become embodied in the German name eland, sufferer. American Big Game in Its Haunts But there is a bunch of eland yonder. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Tears trickled from his large dark eye, and it was plain that the eland's hours were numbered. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians Most writers have a way of saying: "We equipped our safari in Nairobi and made seven marches to such and such a place, where we ran into some excellent eland." In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country At any rate I have shot eland, and an elephant, but no lions yet. The Ghost Kings Curiously enough this name eland was taken by the Dutch to South Africa, and there applied to the largest and handsomest of the bovine antelopes, Oreas canna. American Big Game in Its Haunts The cameras were stationed about a mile to the southeast, partly concealed by the bole of a tree, and the bunch of eland were skillfully rounded up and a good specimen was singled out. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Like the gemsbok, the eland is independent of water, and frequents the borders of the great Kalahari desert in herds varying from ten to a hundred. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians In five weeks we saw lion, rhino, buffalo, and elephant—the four groups of animals that are called "royal game"; also hippo, giraffe, eland, wildebeest, and many varieties of smaller game. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country In its general aspect the country was like an English park, dotted here and there with timber, around which grazed or rested great elands and other buck, and amongst them a huge rhinoceros. The Ghost Kings On his death, in 1851, he bequeathed to the Zoological Society his breed of elands, consisting of two males and three females. The Book of Household Management On the journey from Sewell's Farm to Rugged Rocks we had rounded up and photographed the eland. Stories from Everybody's Magazine The eland which I had shot in the morning lay somewhere to the southward of this mountain, but far in the level forest. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians There were ducks and geese and Kavirondo crane; and sometimes eland, as fine in flavor as that of the prize steer of the fat-stock show. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country We were very successful, getting among other things three giant eland, which are great prizes. Letters to His Children On that occasion a magnificent eland, an acclimated scion of the species whose native home is the South African wilderness, was killed for the table. The Book of Household Management Cheetah, eland, hartebeest, and serval-cat we had roped and tied and photographed. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Mr. Cumming thus describes his encounter with some rhinoceroses and an eland, in the country of the Bechuanas. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. The Earth as Modified by Human Action Here we took possession of some outlying huts with a fence round them, and as Mavovo had managed to shoot a fat eland cow and her half-grown calf, we prepared to have a regular feast. Allan and the Holy Flower The eland was first acclimated in England by the late Earl of Derby, between the years 1835-1851, at his menagerie at Knowsley. The Book of Household Management Both banks of the river were alive with buffalo, eland, and antelope, but, though the sight was very tempting, we did not fire, because we dared not. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The eland has less speed than any other variety of antelope; and, by judicious riding, they may be driven to camp from a great distance. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians At ten o'clock they got back to their own camp, and after a hot bath, sat down to a supper of eland venison and broiled spur fowl,—"and surely no supper ever tasted more delicious." Theodore Roosevelt Through the intense silence I thought I heard the sound of some animal running heavily, much as a fat bull eland does when it is suddenly disturbed. Allan and the Holy Flower One of the eland, not twenty yards off, saw me at once, and stood still to gaze at me in astonishment. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Ah, no! nothing but hartebeest, zebra, giraffe, eland, and buffalo this day! How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The eland is a magnificent animal, by far the largest of all the antelope tribe, exceeding a large ox in size. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians The eland may probably be the animal first mentioned by Livingstone, but the other animal is not known. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile By-and-by they met with a troop of great deer, called elands, and they stopped when they saw Thakane and sang: Why do you give to the ogre Your child, so fair, so fair? The Brown Fairy Book On the lower part of the face there is a larger dark-brown area than in the ordinary eland, although there is a rufous fawn-coloured patch on each side above the nostril. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Once I came suddenly upon an eland while I had a Winchester rifle in my hand— the eland and myself mutually astonished—at not more than twenty-five yards apart. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley I have repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead at the end of a severe chase, owing to his plethoric habit. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians As a matter of fact, however, I had never seen an eland in a wild state before. She And the elands all cried: 'Wretched man! it is you whom the ogre should eat, and not your beautiful daughter.' The Brown Fairy Book Several more were sent up before we got anywhere near camp, and I remarked to Landaalu that we must have gone a very long way after the eland. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Speculative Bushmen seem to have been puzzled to account for the wildness of the eland. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 The skin of the eland I had just shot emitted, like most other antelopes, the most delicious perfume of trees and grass. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians The eland presently moved on to the water, and a minute or two afterwards there arose a great sound of splashing, followed by the quick fall of galloping hoofs. Hunter Quatermain's Story Then, catching sight of the girl's face, which she had kept down, he was struck by its beauty, and put the same question that the rabbit, and the elands, and the gazelles had done. The Brown Fairy Book Considerable interest attaches to the head of an eland, killed by Colonel J.H. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures They explain its wildness by saying that the eland was "spoiled" before Cagn, the creator, or rather maker of most things, had quite finished it. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 I ran to the spot with more anxiety than I should have felt in an ordinary way over a koodoo or an eland. Allan's Wife Indeed, one buck—a large eland—came within twenty yards of the skerm, and stood at gaze, staring at it suspiciously, his beautiful head and twisted horns standing out clearly against the sky. Hunter Quatermain's Story A fine eland was shot by Dr. Kirk this afternoon, the first we have killed. 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 In an instant the two eland had bounded off, and I decided not to risk a shot, in the hope that they would soon settle down again and give me another chance. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures It would be much more convenient if the eland were tame and could be easily captured. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Still no sound but the screaming of the vultures, and snarling of the hyenas and jackals over the eland. A Simpleton In the male of that magnificent antelope, the Derbyan eland, the body is redder, the whole neck much blacker, and the white band which separates these colours broader than in the female. The Descent of Man As Good was anxious to get a near view of them, never having seen an eland close, he handed his rifle to Umbopa, and, followed by Khiva, strolled up to the patch of bush. King Solomon's Mines We were met by Sabaki, who was in a great state of excitement, and who started to explain in very bad Swahili how he had come across the dead eland. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Cagn's relations came and hunted the first eland too soon, after which all other elands grew wild. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Presently the eland, who was not dead, but stunned, began to recover and struggle feebly up. A Simpleton In the Cape eland, also, the male is slightly darker than the female. The Descent of Man I was telling Evans one night, I remember, of some wonderful workings I had found whilst hunting koodoo and eland in what is now the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal. King Solomon's Mines Misunderstanding what he said, I told my friend that Sabaki had found the eland which he had shot in the morning, and rejoiced heartily with him at this piece of good luck. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures But the prince was utterly exhausted; his sides were going like a blacksmith's bellows, or those of a fat eland bull that has been galloped to a standstill. Child of Storm They passed the skeleton of the eland; its very bones were polished, and its head carried into the wood; and looking back they saw vultures busy on the lion. A Simpleton "Cut meat from the eland's flank; don't stop to skin it," I said in my broken Zulu, helping the words out with signs. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Shortly after we re-passed the spot where Good had wounded the patriarchal bull we came across a herd of eland, but did not shoot at them, as we had plenty of meat. King Solomon's Mines By obtaining a special license two elephants, a giraffe, greater kudu, buffalo and eland may be shot; but there are various stipulations and fees attaching to this license which alter from time to time. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures So I went this morning to Westmor eland House to ask you for my sister's address, and to acknowledge plainly that I suspected you of being again in correspondence with Mrs. Lecount. No Name The lion rubbed himself several times against the eland, but did not eat a morsel, and the cubs went in and feasted on the prey. A Simpleton I held up my hand for silence, set Marie gently on the ground, and began to steal towards the elands. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain I had secured a wonderful eland and a very fine impalla, and we had had a gorgeous close-quarters fight with a cheetah.* The Land of Footprints After a couple of hours' travelling we were lucky enough to catch sight of a portion of the herd of eland, when we dismounted and stalked them carefully through the long grass. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures I made my way steadily towards them, and noticed as I went that a couple of eland were gradually drawing away from the rest of the herd. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Then the lion began tearing away at the eland, and bolting huge morsels greedily. A Simpleton The gentleman of whom I speak mentioned getting an eland at seven hundred and fifty yards. The Land of Footprints A herd or so of eland also liked this covered country; and there were always a few waterbuck and rhinoceroses about. The Land of Footprints The sides of the forehead were of a reddish colour, and on the lower part of the face there was a much larger brown patch than is to be seen on the ordinary eland. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Sometimes we clambered about the cliffs of the buttes trying to find klipspringers; again we ran miles pursuing the gigantic eland. The Land of Footprints Before Staines could ask him what was the matter, he pointed through an aperture of the acacias into the wood hard by the elands. A Simpleton |
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