 | Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī - 1910 - 460 pagine
...them. As a rule, animals have by nature an aversion to their opponents, and try to beware of them ; here, however, there is an exception to this rule....the water and swims on it, the fish rise from the VOL. I. Jf deep to the surface, and make it easy to him to catch them, as if he had bound them by his... | |
 | Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī - 1910 - 484 pagine
...their opponents, and try to beware of them ; here, however, there is an exception to this rule. 1'or when this bird flutters above the water and swims on it, the fish rise from the VOL. I, N deep to the surface, and make it easy to him to catch them, as if he had bound them by his... | |
 | Edward C. Sachau - 2000 - 482 pagine
...them. As a rule, animals have by nature an aversion to their opponents, and try to beware of them ; here, however, there is an exception to this rule....the surface, and make it easy to him to catch them, as if he had bound them by his spell. Others describe it with such characteristics as might indicate... | |
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Narayana rode. Some people describe this bird in such a way as to indicate a Sifrid-bird and its doings. It is an enemy of fish, catching them. As a rule, animals have by nature an aversion to their opponents, and try to beware of them ; here, however,... 