 | 1832 - 670 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 long slender reeds, surround the pool closely j and some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray - 1832 - 436 pagine
...and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic snakes, swim at the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. The struggle between animals of so different an organization affords a very interesting sight. The... | |
 | 1833 - 646 pagine
...and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic snakes, swim at the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. The struggle between animals of so different an organization affords a very interesting sight. The... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 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,...the branches of which extend horizontally over the ÈLE Surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the [ and cane bow, like those of schoolboys, will... | |
 | 1838 - 534 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,...animals of so different an organization, furnishes a striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoonsandlongslender reeds, surround the pool closely... | |
 | James Renwick - 1840 - 412 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,...organization furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Iiraians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely ; and some climb... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pagine
...noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat; they swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and moles. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.... | |
 | Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 pagine
...from the mod, and excites them to combat These yel lowish and livid eels, resembling large acquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the hores and mules. A contest between animals of so dif ferent an organization furnishes a very striking... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pagine
...and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic snakes, swim at the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. The struggle between animals of so different an organisation affords a very interesting sight. The... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 pagine
...fish issue from the sand, and incites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...the horses and mules. A contest between animals of such different organizations, furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons... | |
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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... 
