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One of them told me that the natives sometimes descended the cliffs between the Roarer and the Rocket Falls in order to carry off the fledglings from the nests of the blue rock pigeons, and said that several lives had thus been lost. He said that there was no way of reaching the bottom of the cliff, and rather quaintly added, "Those who came up again came up, and those who did not, died."
"Chasin' the Indians," said the Rip-tail Roarer, swinging himself from his saddle. "Sho! Be there any Indians about here?" "Didn't you hear them last night?" inquired the man from Pike. "No." "Nor you?" turning to Joe. "I heard nothing of any Indians," replied Joe truthfully. "Then all I can say is, strangers, that you sleep uncommon sound." "Nothing wakes me up," said Bickford.
"Bravo, Obadiah! now one more song, and then we'll aboard. It won't do to bowse your jib up too tight here," said Jemmy; "for it's rather dangerous navigation among all these canals no room for yawing." "No," replied Dick Short. "Then," said Jemmy, jumping off the table with his fiddle in his hand. "Let's have the roarer by way of a finish what d'ye say, my hearties?"
But the last-named questionable personage, not relishing the course matters were taking, now, in a subdued and altered tone promptly disclaimed any intention of touching the dog, and expressed his regret at what had happened. "O, that's enough," said Coffin, instantly cooling off. "All right now, Roarer.
The name Śiva is euphemistic. It means propitious and, like Eumenides, is used as a deprecating and complimentary title for the god of terrors. It is not his earliest designation and does not occur as a proper name in the Ṛig Veda where he is known as Rudra, a word of disputed derivation, but probably meaning the roarer.
'Happen he've got hold of a fresh travel-book. Then Ned's thoughts easily slipped off to the subject of other 'travel-books' devoured by Alick and retailed to himself. He pictured vividly, as the 'Roarer' swished through the dark waters, a far different scene to that of the quiet Northbourne bay.
It was a tremendous hot night, an' a good deal darker than usual. There was one man in the ship named Wilson; but we called him Bob Roarer, because of a habit he had of speakin' an' sometimes roarin' in his sleep.
Judas Priest, but this is a roarer of a burg! What it ain't got I never seen and I ain't no spring goslin', neither. I've plenty sand in my craw. You ain't been plucked yet?" "No, sir. I never gamble." "Wish I didn't, but my name's Jakey and I'm a good feller. Say, I'm supposed to be wise, too, but they trimmed me two hundred dollars. Now I'm gettin' out." He groaned.
All the while, closer and still closer, comes the sound of the Gayandi, as the men call the Gurraymi, or bull roarer. At length the two old wirreenuns come back to the camp and the noise ceases, to recur sometimes during the night, when I expect, did any one search for them, the old wirreenuns would be found missing from the camp.
Kennedy, "and didn't know that there are no such animals north of the equator, I should say it was a mad dromedary mounted by a ring-tailed roarer." "It can't be surely not possible!" exclaimed Mr. Grant. "It's not Charley on the new horse!" Mr. Grant said this with an air of vexation that annoyed his friend a little.
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