 | 1790 - 566 páginas
...ihift to defert and dry places as the feafon may require, are obliged to roll themfelves in mud and mire, which, when dry, coats them over like armour, and enables them to {land their ground againil this winged aflaffin ; yet 1 have found fome of thefe tubercules upon almoft... | |
 | James Bruce - 1804 - 518 páginas
...reason of their enormous bulk, and the vast quantity of food and water they daily need, cannot shift to desert and dry places as the season may require,...this winged assassin : yet I have found some of these tubercules upon almost every elephant and rhinoceros that I have seen, and attribute them to this cause.... | |
 | James Bruce - 1805 - 528 páginas
...reason of their enormous bulk, and the vast quantity of food and water they daily need, cannot shift to desert and dry places as the season may require,...this winged assassin : yet I have found some of these tubercules upon almost every elephant and rhinoceros that I have seen, and attribute them to this cause.... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 páginas
...cannot shift to desert and dry places as the season requires, are obliged to roll themselves in mud and mire, which, when, dry, coats them over like armour,...stand their ground against this winged assassin ; yet have I found some of these tubercles upon almost every elephant and rhinoceros that I have seen, and... | |
 | 1822 - 184 páginas
...shift to desert and dry places, as the season requires, are obliged tq roll theniselves in mud and mire, which, when dry, coats them over like armour,...stand their ground against this winged assassin ; yet have 1 found some of these tubercles upon almost every elephant and rhinocero* that I have seen, and... | |
 | 1822 - 194 páginas
...cannot shift to desert and dry places, as the season requires, are obliged to roll themselves in mud and mire, which, when dry, coats them over like armour,...stand their ground against this winged assassin." THE GNAT. THESE insects, so well known by the severer wounds they inflict, and the itching pain they... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 páginas
...places, when visited by this terrible fly, roll themselves in mud and mire, which, when dry, covers them over like armour, and enables them to stand their ground against this winged assassin ; yet even this defence is sometimes insufficient. How astonishing is it that insects, of such different... | |
 | James Rennie - 1830 - 440 páginas
...about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. I have found," he adds, "some of these tubercles upon almost every elephant...that I have seen, and attribute them to this cause. When the camel is attacked by this fly, his body, head, and legs break out into large bosses, which... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 páginas
...require, are obliged to roll themselves in mud and mire, which, when dry, coats them over like armor, and enables them to stand their ground against this...attribute them to this cause. All the inhabitants of the'sea-coast of Melinda, down to Cape Gardefan, to Saba, and the south coast to the Red Sea, are obliged... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 páginas
...require, are obliged to roll themselves in mud and mire, which, when dry, coats them over like armor, and enables them to stand their ground against this...elephant and rhinoceros that I have seen, and attribute 18 them to this cause. All the inhabitants of the'sea-coast of Melinda, down to Cape Gardefan, to Saba,... | |
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... to the certain destruction of the creature. Even the elephant and rhinoceros, who, by reason of their enormous bulk, and the vast quantity of food and water they daily need, cannot shift to desert and dry places as the season may require, are obliged... 
