 | 1872 - 504 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...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation, furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender... | |
 | Charles Daniel Dance - 1876 - 392 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 Daniel Dance - 1876 - 390 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... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1879 - 226 pagine
...characteristic vivacity :• — • " These yellowish livid eels, resembling large aquatic snakes, swim near 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... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1881 - 372 pagine
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to the attack. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses. A contest between animals of so different an organization presents a very striking spectacle. The Indians,... | |
 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 pagine
...the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling 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 hnrpoons and long slender... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 494 pagine
...fish sue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and lirid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...surround the pool closely, and some climb upon the tr-.-c*, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. •'By their wild... | |
 | Alfred Ritter von Urbanitzky - 1886 - 920 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 is a striking spectacle. The eel presses itself against the belly of the horse, and makes... | |
 | Stephen R. Bown - 2002 - 284 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...crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules." With sticks and furious yelling, the horses were prevented from leaving the pool, and in the frantic... | |
 | 1882 - 708 pagine
...the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling 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... | |
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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... 
