It seemed to me that a bean shooter would have been as effective against the mighty monster as these pitiful weapons.
It is not the occasional member of its species that is a man hunter--all are man hunters; but they do not confine their foraging to man alone, for there is no flesh or fish within Pellucidar that they will not eat with relish in the constant efforts which they make to furnish their huge carcasses with sufficient sustenance to maintain their mighty thews.
When I stand among these
mighty Leviathan skeletons, skulls, tusks, jaws, ribs, and vertebrae, all characterized by partial resemblances to the existing breeds of sea-monsters; but at the same time bearing on the other hand similar affinities to the annihilated antichronical Leviathans, their incalculable seniors; I am, by a flood, borne back to that wondrous period, ere time itself can be said to have begun; for time began with man.
So quickly was the thing over that Carthoris could scarce believe his senses as the
mighty body rushed madly past him.
"You are a brave people and you love bravery, but where was your
mighty jeddak during the fighting today?
'Juleps, I reckon,' I replied, 'for I certainly feel
mighty good; but maybe it's just the sight of you again that affects me.
Den I gin 'm ten cents apiece, en dey 'uz
mighty well satis- fied, en wisht some mo' raf's 'ud come along en make
These he cast out on to the land, bellowing like a bull the while, but the living he saved alive, hiding them in his
mighty eddies.
Its head and mouth are more similar in appearance to those of a hippopotamus than to any other earthly animal, except that from the sides of the lower jawbone two
mighty horns curve slightly downward toward the front.
Her
mighty land areas breathed unfettered free-dom.
Manu's tone was sneering, and Tarzan knew that it was because little Manu thought all creatures feared
mighty Bolgani, the gorilla.
Already a hairy hand had clutched the helpless Taug when, with an angry growl of protest, Tarzan leaped to the branch at the attacking ape's side, and with a single
mighty cuff, swept him from his perch.
Me and Tom struck out for the woods
mighty solemn, and saying how different it was now to what it was last summer when we was here and everything was so peaceful and happy and everybody thought so much of Uncle Silas, and he was so cheerful and simple-hearted and pudd'n-headed and good--and now look at him.
With a roar of pain and rage, Numa reared up and fell backward upon the ape-man; but still the
mighty man-thing clung to his hold and repeatedly the long knife plunged rapidly into his side.
With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his
mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.
