 The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side : they have hawks and greyhounds ; the former carried in the usual manner, on the hand of the huntsman ; the latter led in a leash by a horseman, generally the same who carries...  The Oriental Herald - Page 791827Full view - About this book
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 pages
...its merits. ' The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side : they have hawks and greyhounds ; the former carried in the usual...off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind ; the horsemen are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single deer, they at the... | |
 | John Malcolm - Iran - 1827 - 328 pages
...its merits. The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side : they have hawks and greyhounds ; the former carried in the usual...off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind ; the horsemen are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single deer, 'they at the... | |
 | 1827 - 576 pages
...desert, near the seaside ; -they have hawks and grey-hounds; the former carried in the usual Dianner, on the hand of the huntsman; the latter led in a leash...off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind ; the horsemen are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single deer, they at the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1827 - 624 pages
...described : — * The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea- side ; they have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...horseman, generally the same who carries the hawk. W^n the antelope is seen, they endeavour to get as near as possible ; but the animal, the moment it... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1827 - 634 pages
...described :— ' The huntsmen" proceed ttf ft larg* plain, or rather desert, near the seft'side ; they have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...latter led in a leash by a horseman, generally the sartie who carries the hawk. When the antelope is seen, they endeavour to get as near as possible;... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 pages
...observes that" the huntsmen proceed to a large plain or rather desert, near the sea-side; they have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind: the horsemen are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single deer they at the same... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Explorers - 1832 - 446 pages
...observes that " the huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the seaside ; they have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind ; the horses are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single deer they at the same... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 764 pages
...observes, that " the huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side. They have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...get as near as possible ; but the animal, the moment he observes them, goes oil' at n rate that seems swifter than the wind; the horsemen are instantly... | |
 | 1827 - 630 pages
...described : — 'The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side ; they have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind ; the horsemen are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single deer, they at the... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - Birds - 1838 - 208 pages
...observes, that " the huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side. They have hawks and greyhounds, the former carried in the usual...get as near as possible ; but the animal, the moment he observes them, goes off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind : the horsemen are instantly... | |
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