Round the Black Man's Garden

Round the Black Man's Garden PDF

Author: Zelie Colvile

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-21

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781358303876

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Round the Black Man's Garden

Round the Black Man's Garden PDF

Author: Zelie Colvile

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781230290744

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...into the square, followed by his rightful owner, and a crowd of men and boys all equally anxious to secure the prize; then at short intervals came another and another, then half-a-dozen abreast, driving everything before them. Soon the square was full of beasts charging in all directions, foaming, roaring, and panting, amid shouts and showers of sticks and stones from men and boys, until some of the poor beasts dropped down dead from sheer exhaustion. It was a cruel and disgusting sight, a sort of very feeble imitation of a Spanish bull-fight without any of its pomp. Harry went down into the square and photographed a bull just as it was charging at him: unfortunately this negative, together with nearly all those we took in Madagascar, got ruined by the damp. However, if he did not get his negative, he had a little excitement, which always does him good; while I only had a very unpleasant five minutes, expecting every moment to see him gored. As it happened, after he had jumped out of the bull's way, the beast rushed at a boy just behind THE BULLS LET LOOSE. 169 him, and sending his horn right into his eye, dragged it out. The boy, like a madman, got up and went straight at the next beast. Luckily he was only knocked over, and was dragged from the scene by his friends. I soon got very tired of this feeble and disgusting sight; but as it was not thought safe to go through the town until all the animals had been driven out of the place, I had to wait. One slight variation to the scene was afforded during the afternoon. Suddenly the bulls were left to themselves, and the whole crowd rushed to one of the booths, from which a man was dragged by every limb in such a way that I was expecting at any moment to see him torn in pieces: by the time he...

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