Before he could get into full swing, however, the roan had shot past with a snort of challenge which could not be misunderstood.
Four times he allowed the farmer to come almost within reaching distance only to turn and bolt with a snort of alarm just at the crucial moment.
Now it was Calico's habit to be on the watch for unusual sights, and when he saw them to stick his ears forward, throw his head up, snort nervously and crowd against the pole.
As soon as the bear found herself again compelled to swim, with a snort and a growl she turned shoreward to repeat her former manoeuvre.
He was mad right off, and with a snort he hit the mall a pretty good cuff; back it came like greased lightning, and took him again square on the snout with a whack that must have made him just see stars.
With a snort he turned about, and gave chase to the nimble little Frenchman.
We went up within a few yards of the bear, who did not seem to like our company and would chank his jaws and snort similar to an angry hog.
When the gun cracked the bear gave a snort like that of a frightened hog and I could hear him tearing through the brush at a great rate.
This statement excited a derisivesnort from Mr. Quirk.
From his nostrils issued that annoying, that insulting, snortof derision which so sorely tried his partner's patience.
Nack-yal uttered a plaintivesnort and backed away, to stand, crestfallen, with all his eagerness and fire vanished.
Nack-yal was hit, and with frightened snort he reared, pawed the air, and came down, pounding the stone.
Losely, not unreluctantly, restored the crown to his pocket; and, with a snort rather than sigh of relief, stepped into open daylight.
The snort was followed by a grunt, plaintive, distracted, which sounded oddly familiar, seeing that it had been so well imitated on Herb's horn.
Butt and snorttill you're tired, you 'Awful Jabberwock!
With a defiant snort Herb charged through the choking dust-clouds, pelted by flying pebbles, sods, and fragments of sticks.
His hard riding after the buffalo had wearied him; and he was doing his best to keep awake for the last half-hour of his vigil, when a snort reached his ears from the direction of the mulada.
He gave a startled snort and tore away around the paddock.
Not 200 yards from my tent, I was startled by a snort and then by the sight of two rhinos dashing across my path some fifty yards away.
When, however, I had reached a position some 150 yards from the nearest group, five in number, they all with a loud snort faced me.
The supremely important facts are that I did not kick him, but droned quaveringly on through my work, and soon learned happily from a scarcely suppressed snort that he considered me too contemptible for further attention.
She closed the door and with a snort Mart piled into bed with me.
He would snore gently, accentuate said snore with a sudden quiver of his body and then wake up with a climactericsnort and start that would shake the bed.
This of course dismounted the rider, and with a snort of triumph the pony sprang to its feet again, evidently meaning to bound off after Black Boy and enjoy a turn of freedom.
This made him think of Black Boy, to whose stable he hurried, the brave little animal greeting him with a snort that sounded full of welcome, while he rattled and tugged at his halter, and seemed eager to get out once more into the open.
Then, so suddenly that he gave an involuntary snort of amazement at the apparition, the wanderer grew aware of a tall, black bulk with enormous antlers which took shape among the undergrowth not ten paces distant.
The dark buck, himself a moving shadow, saw the stallion first, and stopped with a loud snort of astonishment and defiance.
Once a wide-winged, noiseless shadow sailed over his head, and he shied with a loud snort of terror.
I gave the loud shrill alarm snort of a wild pony just as the dark streak took the form of a long lean wolf who sprang with a sideways leap from the shelter of the spruces and caught one of the hind legs of the unsuspecting lamb.
The moon showed him the beautiful face on the pillow, and he gave a snort of satisfaction, and stared as if he would never have enough of this interesting sight.
Our trip homeward occupied a couple of hours, during which I heard little from Tom but a snort or two of puzzlement.
Then there was a loud snort or two and a plunge of the nearest horse, then quiet.
Suddenly a big, red bullock gave a snort of defiance, and came out straight towards Carew.
He hit it somewhere, but hadn't time to see where; for, with a snort like a grampus, the beast wheeled in its tracks and charged so suddenly that old Close Up only just dodged it by a yard or two.
The young hunter was just fixing the priming and looking to the flint when the bison came up with a snort and charged as before.
Then up went his head, to scent the air, and with a snort of sudden fear he started away, straight ahead of them.
In another instant he saw Tatanka snort and plough up the snow like mad, with the arrow buried deep in his side.
A hum of outraged astonishment--half groan, half wrathful snort bounded along from pew to pew throughout the body of the church.
Alice, staring across the table at him with knitted brows, emitted a sharp little snort of indignation.
Another scored the flank of Hoste's horse, causing the poor animal to snort and bound with the sharp pain.
The foremost beasts stopped short, throwing up their heads with many a snort and bellow of bewilderment and terror, while the bulk of the herd pressed on.
A snort and jump by a single animal were likely to set the whole drove on a dead run, in which all hope of a breakfast on buffalo steaks would be gone for that morning at least.
But the terror of the smitten creature was too brief to affect the rest, even though several were quite close to her at the time she gave the snort and rolled over on the ground.
When night came the horses began to snort and the cattle to bellow plaintively, as if foreseeing some danger which men could not yet surmise.
It is not to the king you want to go, but you would like to snort through the villages like a horse through a meadow.
Silence followed; but the horses began to snort violently, one after another,--a favorable omen.
The horses began to snort in the whole company, and the soldiers answered, "Health, health!
