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GNU s. Species of large antelopes that live in the southern and central plains of Africa, and which are sometimes classified as Bovidae or oxen, of the genus catoblepas (H. Smith) or connochetes (Gray); it is the wilde beest of Cape Town dutch settlers. The gnu is one of the strangest animals; it has the head and horns of a buffalo, the body and mane of a horse and the limbs of an antelope. The main color of the common species (catoblepas gnu, H. Smith) is a tawny brown, darker on the back and legs. The gnu, although heavy in appearance, is very fast and …Read more »

GORDONIA s. (After Gordon, the name of a famous Scottish family). Bot. genus of trees and shrubs of cammalliaceae family, which includes …Read more »

“Andre! Andre! Said Mr Guerin, what are you doing there, my poor child ? ”
Before fully awakening, the little one let out one of those big sighs, which are but stifled tears, and he half opened his eyes, only to close them again immediately, saying: “Leave me here Dad, oh! I am afraid, I am so afraid.”
— My dear, I can not leave you inside this hole; your mother is worried about you, she sent me out to look for you; unfortunately I can’t come and get you, I could never get inside there. And he held out his hand to him, encouraging him, trying to get him to move in his direction. The child, lying flat on his belly, crawled forward and poked his head through the opening of the kennel …Read more »