I think they must have seen me, or perhaps they took me for a cameleopard or ostrich; for I only showed for a moment behind an ant-hill, then quickly again got under cover to reconnoitre them.— In the Wilds of Africa
The Elgin marbles have suffered no abatement of their marvellous beauties; and the coat of the cameleopard is with out a blemish.— How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
Clara here rushed upon them with her cameleopard gallop, sending her voice before her, 'Can you see them?'— Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1
I think they must have seen me, or perhaps they took me for a cameleopard or ostrich; for— In the Wilds of Africa
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