 | 1829 - 832 sider
...which they are connected with the legs. — Tech. Rep, Sagacity of Elephants. — The battering- train going to the siege of Seringapatam had to cross the...warning from its keeper, lifted up the wheel with its tmnk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear of him. — Military Adventures, 8fc.... | |
 | 1829 - 762 sider
...limber of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in such a situation that; in a second or ¡wo, the hind wheel must have gone over him. The elephant,...keeper, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept ij suspended till the carriage had passed clear of him. The attachment or dislike of elephants to their... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 422 sider
...draught, and abounding in quicksands. It happened that an artilleryman, who was seated on the tumbrill of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 434 sider
...draught, and abounding in quicksands. It happened that an artilleryman, who was seated on the tumbrill of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
 | 1833 - 430 sider
...cruelty, alternately stoning thoir victim and dragging it through a dirty pool of water, then beating and the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keeper, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kopl it suspended till the carriage had passed clear of him. — [Military Adventures.] Valuable Certificate... | |
 | 1844 - 312 sider
...draught, and abounding in quicksands. It happened that an artilleryman, who was seated on the tumbrill of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
 | C. T - 1847 - 350 sider
...draught, and abounding in quicksands. It happened that an artillery-man, who was seated on the tumbrill of one of the guns, by some accident fell off in such...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
 | 1849 - 238 sider
...draught, and abounding in quicksands. It happened that -an artilleryman, who was seated on the tumbril of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
 | Edward Pett Thompson - 1851 - 434 sider
...on the tumbril of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in such a situation that in a minute or two the hind wheel must have gone over him. The...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 sider
...draught, and abounding in quicksands. It happened that an artillery-man, who was seated on the tumbrill of one of the guns, by some accident fell off in such...the man was, instantly, without any warning from its keepers, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the carriage had passed clear... | |
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It happened that an artilleryman, who was seated on the tumbrill of one of the guns, by some accident fell off, in such a situation that, in a second or two, the hind wheel must have gone over him. The elephant, which was stationed behind the gun, perceiving... 
