We fear no fierce mamba In the deep Liemba While we are gliding; Nor bush nor thickest brake, Nor foe that would us take-- Swiftly gliding.
It was the haunt of dangerous snakes, of fierce and aggressive specimens of the mamba tribe, and of abnormal size, they held; and these there was no avoiding among the long grass and tangled undergrowth.
You never know when some infernal black mamba may jump up and hit you bang in the face.
There came one day a delegation of them led by two Christian young men, Mamba and Nguva, asking my permission to play a mock Yasi meeting.
Mamba still lives, working faithfully as a church elder and evangelist.
Got clear of the mountains after 1-1/2 hour, and then the vast valley of Mamba opened out before us; very beautiful, and much of it cleared of trees.
The Mamba fish has breasts with milk, and utters a cry; its flesh is very white, it is not the crocodile which goes by the same name, but is probably the Dugong or Peixe Mulher of the Portuguese(?
Natal colonists will probably recognise the Mamba in this snake; it is much to be desired that specimens should be procured for purposes of comparison.
In Southern Africa so great is the dread it inspires that the Kaffirs will break up a Kraal and forsake the place if a Mamba takes up his quarters in the vicinity, and, from what we have seen above, with no undue caution.
Fumba and his warriors have nothing to eat in the boma and will perish if the great master does not kill Mamba and all the Samburus with Mamba.
Now Fumba and Mamba had been engaged in continual warfare with each other for a great many years.
Mamba defended himself heroically until a blow of a mace crushed his skull.
Possibly though, there may have been a snake, a big mamba perhaps, lying in the path just at that point--and your horse knew it.
Depend upon it some big black beast of a mamba was stopping the way.
He has seen a snake, a big mamba perhaps," I decided.
Poor Reni-Mamba was also there, her mild face showing unmistakable traces of the suffering caused by the loss of her only son.
Without hesitation, or even consultation with his friends, Mamba went straight to the palace and demanded permission to visit the Maker of Medicine.
Mamba dropped the pick and grasped the strong hand, but did not look up.
At the time whenMamba started away on his expedition to Tamatave, Ravonino, as we have said, lay concealed in the forest, anxiously awaiting news from the town.
Here Mamba was sufficiently brought round by Mark's ministrations to be able to sit up and answer questions, but at first he seemed disinclined to speak, and then gave evasive replies.
At the same moment poor Mamba lost control of himself.
Meanwhile Mr Ellis made inquiries, visited the friend to whom he had been referred, and found that not only was Mamba a good and true man, but that many of his family "feared the Lord greatly.
But he was damped considerably on learning that Laihova came alone, that Mamba was enslaved, and that Ravonino and Rafaravavy were still wandering in the forest, pursued by their enemies.
On this being translated, Mamba gathered his mother up as if she had been a bundle of clothes, or a baby, and marched away with her.
Poor Reni-Mamba is so full of love and gentleness, and her sorrows have been very heavy.
If he said it he meant it," returned the guide, with some decision, "for Mamba is open and true of heart.
When Laihova and Mamba took the reckless "headers" which we have described in a former chapter, they tumbled into a court-yard which was used as a sort of workshop.
The mamba has the habit of lying coiled among the branches adjacent to a footpath in a forest.
The male had not time to get in as the leopard sprang, so he shot up another tree close by, disturbing a mamba cobra, whose color was green, and whose bite was death, as it lay asleep among the twined vines.
Their high shoes protected them from most snakes, the dreaded mamba being one exception.
What greatly puzzled the youths was why the mamba appeared to be taking the aggressive.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mamba" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
