 | Philip Miller - 1835 - 742 ページ
...it to death. The mode of killing them, as it was practised a few years ago, was, perhaps, the only remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull would be killed ou a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed witlKguns, &c. sometimes... | |
 | William Jardine - 1836 - 392 ページ
...information regarding the stock in the other parks. The mode of killing these cattle, Mr Bewick remarks, " was perhaps the only modern remains of the grandeur...notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. and sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1837 - 554 ページ
...to leave them, not choosing to provoke them further. " The mode of killing them was perhaps the only remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting : — On...notice being given that a Wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed with guns, &c. sometimes... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 414 ページ
...leave them, not choosing to provoke them further ; for there is little doubt but in two or three times more they would make an attack. " The mode of killing...notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed with guns, etc., sometimes... | |
 | 1840 - 694 ページ
...cease with his life. " The mode of killing them," says Mr. Culley, " was, perhaps, the only remains of ancient hunting : — on notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c., sometimes... | |
 | 1840 - 1046 ページ
...an attack. The mode of killing them was perhaps the only modern remains of the grandeur of antient hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came armed with guns, &c., sometimes to the... | |
 | 1852 - 618 ページ
...Chillingham cattle had nearly or altogether ceased before 1720, when it is described in these terms:— "The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the only modern...grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed... | |
 | George Vasey - 1857 - 218 ページ
...which Mr. Culley makes mention in the last quotation. The late mode of killing them is described as " perhaps the only modern remains of the grandeur of...notice being given, that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted and armed with guns, &c., sometimes... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 ページ
...two or. three turns more they would make an attack. The mode of killing them was, perhaps, only the remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came round with guns, <fec., sometimes to the... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1864 - 430 ページ
...think it prudent to leave (hem. "The mode of killing the wildcattle was, perhaps, the only modern relic of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came in great numbers, both horse nd foot: tlie... | |
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The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. 
