Chapter XV

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From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

something done (usually as opposed to something said)

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

later than; following

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The voyage out to South Africa is an exceedingly pleasant one.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

confined by bonds

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a youthful male person

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

young bull

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the act of buying

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading To a certain degree, of course, this is true of all ocean voyages.

-ing form of “chalk” — write, draw, or trace with chalk

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

calling up a spirit or devil

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading To a certain degree, of course, this is true of all ocean voyages.

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

dearly loved

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading To a certain degree, of course, this is true of all ocean voyages.

not up to expectations

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

having a strong distaste from surfeit

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

plural of “drink” — a single serving of a beverage

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

to an extreme degree

From this reading The voyage out to South Africa is an exceedingly pleasant one.

a deliberate act of omission

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

high in price or charging high prices

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the organ of sight

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

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From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a social unit living together

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

start firing a weapon

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

any creature of exceptional size

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the act of departing

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

intense and profound fear

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an occurrence of something

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

without variation or change, in every case

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The voyage out to South Africa is an exceedingly pleasant one.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

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From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the act of departing

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

of or relating to the sea

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

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From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

treat with contempt

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

not any; not one

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The voyage out to South Africa is an exceedingly pleasant one.

be oriented

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The voyage out to South Africa is an exceedingly pleasant one.

inflected form of “outwit” — beat through cleverness and wit

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

past form of “overrate” — make too high an estimate of

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

carry out or perform an action

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the performance of a part or role in a drama

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

possessive form of “pig” — domestic swine

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

(of games) engaged in

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

third-person singular of “prove” — be shown or be found to be

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “race” — any competition

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “riot” — a public act of violence by an unruly mob

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a strong line

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a small hard fruit

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

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From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

marked by correspondence or resemblance

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an ability that has been acquired by training

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

in the near future

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The voyage out to South Africa is an exceedingly pleasant one.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

be agreeable or acceptable to

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

inflected form of “swim” — travel through water

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

changing location by moving back and forth

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

adjust to a specific need or market

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “taker” — one who accepts an offer

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a special situation

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading To a certain degree, of course, this is true of all ocean voyages.

-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the act of going from one place to another

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “trial” — the act of testing something

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

a cunning or deceitful action or device

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading To a certain degree, of course, this is true of all ocean voyages.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

elevated open grassland in southern Africa

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “version” — an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

possessive form of “vessel” — a tube in which a body fluid circulates

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

plural of “voyage” — an act of traveling by water

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

in or at the place that

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

which person or people

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

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From this reading AFRICA AND THE ORIENT Bound for Cape Town--A pleasant voyage--Ships’ games--A contrast in voyages--“Cock-fighting” at sea--“Chalking the Pig’s Eye”--“Swinging the Monkey”--Marine cricket--A new kind of golf--Cycling at sea--Sweepstakes on the vessel’s run --Races on the ocean wave--Mock breach-of-promise trials-- By bullock waggon to Kimberley--I perform before Cecil Rhodes --Get shot in a street row--Contrast on my second visit-- The great strike riots in Johannesburg--Fire and dynamite-- A night of horror--A gay but expensive city--Dear drinks-- Performing in the back veldt--Eggs for throwing--At Pretoria --Kruger’s house--Where Winston Churchill swam the river--A disappointing stream--My prize giant--A Jo’burg sensation-- Buying a forty-shilling suit to measure--A disgusted tailor-- Special railway travelling--My giant proves his agility--In Colombo--Indian fakirs--Their conjuring skill overrated--The boy and rope trick--Two versions of a similar story--The whole thing a fake--The evidence of H.H. the Maharajah of Jodhpur--I offer £100 to any native who can do it--No takers--The mango seed trick--Outwitting a fakir--“Let me plant the seed”--The camera in action--The Tree of Life--Cobra and mongoose fight.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.

the basic unit of money in South Korea

From this reading Going out to America on the _Mauretania_, for instance, we played all the usual ships’ games, and I recollect that I won everything, with the exception of the pillow fight.

vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

From this reading The passengers invariably settle down soon after leaving Madeira into a sort of happy family party, and all kinds of games and sports peculiar to ship-board are entered into with zest.