"Man-eater" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... dog barks at the red man's heels. If I should leave the land of my fathers, whither shall I fly? Shall I go to the south, and dwell among the graves of the Pequots? Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk,—the man-eater,—is my foe. Shall I fly to the east, the great water is before me. No, stranger; here I have lived, and here will I die; and if here thou abidest, there is eternal war between me ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick
... over his shoulder, "I hope that 'Tiger, tiger, burning bright' isn't a man-eater. If he is, he'll have a soft snap with us, marching along this ...
— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore
... the stamping posts, Forrest was saved the trouble of tying the Man-Eater. A stableman came on the run to take the mare, and Forrest, scarce pausing for a word about a horse by the name of Duddy, was clanking his ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London
... division is the man-eater. However, this is merely a classification on the habits of the same animal. I think most Central India sportsmen will agree with me when I say that many a young tiger is a cattle-eater, with a rich coloured hide, although it often happens that an old tiger of the first division, ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale
... notorious for them. As it was not far from Swartboy's native country, Von Bloom, who had reason to believe what the Bushman told him, was inclined to credit this. What protection would a frail house afford against the man-eater? Not much, indeed. ...
— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid
... tracks!' retorted Burton with some impatience. 'We're tired. Set your man-eater at a red-gum butt or a ...
— In the Roaring Fifties • Edward Dyson
... between towns which are too far apart to be reached within the day's journey, I found Charlie Eccles was not yet at home. The two servants left in charge at the bungalow reported that he had gone tiger-hunting, a 'bad' tiger having been reported in the district, by which was meant a man-eater—a beast which had killed and eaten a native postman and others, and which Charlie, on his arrival, had been ...
— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various
... cry be answered by the low rumbling of the beast of burden or the horrid bellow of the man-eater? Upon the answer to this question hung the fate of ...
— Tarzan the Terrible • Edgar Rice Burroughs |
