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The cymbals clashed, the horns screamed, and the kettle-drum emitted its deep awful note, till the old rock echoed again, and the hanging terraces of the town rang with the stirring noise: "Dub-a-dub, dub-a-dub thus go the drums, Tantara, tantara, the Englishman comes." O England! long, long may it be ere the sun of thy glory sink beneath the wave of darkness!
At the corner of the dilapidated building they paused, and Dan Baxter emitted a long, low whistle. A silence of several seconds followed, and then a man appeared out of the darkness. "Who's dat?" came the question. "It's me, Girk Dan Baxter," replied the former bully of Putnam Hall with small regard for the grammar that had been taught to him. "Who's dat with you?" "Mumps. He's all right."
"This will never do!" pronounced Miss Jemima; and the lady's lips emitted a gentle whistling sound. "How soon it seems to have got wind!" exclaimed "Cobbler" Horn. "It's been in the papers, no doubt." "So it has," he said; "I saw it myself in a newspaper that I bought this evening, to read in the train. It called me the 'Golden Shoemaker." "Ah!" cried Miss Jemima.
Near Rio Janeiro I used often to sit in the evening to listen to a number of little Hylae, perched on blades of grass close to the water, which sent forth sweet chirping notes in harmony. The various sounds are emitted chiefly by the males during the breeding-season, as in the case of the croaking of our common frog. In some genera the males alone are provided with sacs which open into the larynx.
As my eyes roamed from one figure to the other, the several Lamas shook their various implements to show that they were preparing for action. A group of three Lamas stood at the entrance of the tent. They were the musicians. One held a gigantic horn, which, when blown, emitted hoarse, thundering sounds. His companions had one a drum, the other cymbals.
"Why, then I shall be happy to accompany you." "Are ye ready, sir?" "Quite; let us go!" So side by side we stepped out into the street; here Mr. Shrig, setting two fingers to his mouth, emitted a shrill whistle and round the corner came a tilbury behind a likely-looking horse driven by a red-faced man, who, at a sign from Mr. Shrig, descended from the lofty seat, into which we climbed forthwith.
And on Sunday mornings, when the great organ plays, and the mortgagees and the bond-holders and the debenture-holders and the Sunday school teachers and the billiard-markers all lift up their voices together, there is emitted from St. Asaph's a volume of praise that is practically as fine and effective as paid professional work. St. Asaph's is episcopal.
With eager, jerky steps, she explores the morsel of game, goes from the head to the tail, returns from the tail to the head, repeats the action several times and at last settles near an eye, a dimmed eye sunk into its socket. The ovipositor bends at a right angle and dives into the junction of the beak, straight down to the root. Then the eggs are emitted for nearly half an hour.
But the brightness and lustre they emitted in the day-time, and the variety of the colours, so dazzled the eyes both of mother and son, that they were astonished beyond measure; for they had only seen them by the light of a lamp; and though the latter had beheld them pendant on the trees like fruit beautiful to the eye, yet as he was then but a boy, he looked on them only as glittering playthings.
It thrust out its high head and emitted powerful roars, which made the temple walls shake beneath their votive decorations, and even the saint's slippers dance in their niche. The Tarasconian alone did not tremble. "At last you've come!" he shouted, jumping up and levelling the rifle. Bang, bang! went a brace of shells into its head. It was done.
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