 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 pagine
...on the surface of the water, and crowded under the bellies of the 114 BATTLE WITH ELECTRICAL EELS. horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization presented a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surrounded... | |
 | 1819 - 304 pagine
...to combat. These yellowish and livid eel*, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the stttfecfc of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses...and long slender . reeds, surround the pool closely ; an«i some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1819 - 860 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpooas and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches... | |
 | 1820 - 442 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and li vid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses artd mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle.... | |
 | 1825 - 448 pagine
...to action. "These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents," says M. Humboldt, " swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under...reeds, surround the pool closely; and some climb upon (he trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By tbeir wild cries,... | |
 | 1820 - 486 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of: the water, and crowd under the bellies of ; the ,horscs and mules. A contest between animals of so .different aa .organisation furnishes a very striking... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 pagine
...This singular contest between animals so different in their organization, appears to have furnished a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surrounded the pool closely, while others climbed the trees which hung over its banks, and by their... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation, furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long, slender... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid Eels, resembling larger aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches of r4 which extend horixontally over the surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the length of... | |
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The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud and excites them to the attack. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water and crowd under the bellies of the... 
