reared-up

Updated: May 3, 2025

Presently he heard a hiss, and on looking round found a reared-up cobra about to strike at his naked thigh. He saved himself by a jump on one side, but he showed by his eye when he mentioned the circumstance that he had been somewhat commoved.

Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot - Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore