1 He came up the hill at a gallop on his thick-barreled, long-legged hunter, appearing in the distance like a boy on a too large horse.
2 Gerald rode beside the carriage on his big hunter, warm with brandy and pleased with himself for having gotten through with the unpleasant business of Wilkerson so speedily.
3 But it was the contentment of the lost hunter stopping to rest.
4 But we shall ere long see what that word "careful" precisely means when used by a man like Stubb, or almost any other whale hunter.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires. 5 Nor is it at all prudent for the hunter to be over curious touching the precise nature of the whale spout.
6 When by chance these precious parts in a nursing whale are cut by the hunter's lance, the mother's pouring milk and blood rivallingly discolour the sea for rods.
7 Extending it upon the forecastle deck, he now proceeds cylindrically to remove its dark pelt, as an African hunter the pelt of a boa.
8 So that to this hunter's wondrous skill, the proverbial evanescence of a thing writ in water, a wake, is to all desired purposes well nigh as reliable as the steadfast land.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day. 9 Along this track the travelers, who had produced a surprise so unusual in the depths of the forest, advanced slowly toward the hunter, who was in front of his associates, in readiness to receive them.
10 Satisfied with his scrutiny, the hunter soon left him.
11 The hunter, who had already abandoned his intention of maiming the runner, mused a moment, and then made a gesture, which instantly brought his two red companions to his side.
12 Next followed the shout of Uncas, when the woods were lighted by a sudden flash, that was accompanied by the sharp report of the hunter's rifle.
13 The hunter, like the savage whose place he filled, seemed to select among the blind signs of their wild route, with a species of instinct, seldom abating his speed, and never pausing to deliberate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 13 14 The dialogue ceased, while the hunter and his companions busied themselves in preparations for the comfort and protection of those they guided.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 13 15 They were soon mingled with voices calling to each other in an Indian dialect, which the hunter, in a whisper, affirmed to Heyward was the language of the Hurons.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 13