 ... feet together, but a little forwards, as if going to lie down. In this 'attitude, having, as it were, taken a 'survey of the road, they slide down with the swiftness of a 'meteor. All the rider has to do, is to. keep himself fast in the...  A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various ... - Page 118by John Ramsay McCulloch - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1709 - 578 pages
...sometimes several hundred yards deep, the instinct of the mules that are accustomed to pass them, it admirable. They are sensible of the caution requisite...coming to the top of 'an eminence, they stop, and hav. ing placed their fore feet close together, as in a posture of stopping themselves ; they also... | |
 | Travel - 1796 - 320 pages
...earth, wash them away. The mules themselves are sensible of the caution requisite in these descents; for coming to the top of an eminence, they stop, and having placed their fore feet close together, as in a posture of stopping themselves, they also put their hinder feet together, but a litile forwards,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 356 pages
...eminences, and declivities. The inules are sensible of the caution necessary in these descenU ; for coming to the top of an eminence they stop, and having placed their fore feet close together, put thuir hinder feet a little forwards, as if goist: to lie down. Having in this attitude taken a... | |
 | Antonio de Ulloa - Blacks - 1806 - 530 pages
...can be lasting. The mules themselves are sensible of the caution requisite in these descents; for, coming to the top of an eminence, they stop, and having placed their fore feet close together, as in a posture of stopping themselves, they also put their hinder feet together, but a little forwards,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 456 pages
...ov trenches, and which are sometimes several hundred yards deep, the instinct ot'Uie mules Unit arc accustomed to pass them, is admirable. They are sensible...and having placed their fore feet close together, as in a posture of stopping ' themselves; they also put their hind feet together, but a little forwards,... | |
 | R. P. Forster - Africa - 1818 - 514 pages
...difficult and dangerous. The mules themselves are sensible of the caution requisite in these descents ; for coming to the top of an eminence, they stop, and having placed their fore-feet close together, as in a posture of stopping themselves, they also put their hinder-feet together,... | |
 | Atlases - 1822 - 818 pages
...deep, the instinct of the males that are accustomed to pass them is admirable. They are sensible of die caution requisite in the descent. On coming to the...and having placed their fore feet close together, as in a posture of stopping themselves, they also put their hind feet together, but a little forwards... | |
 | South America - 1822 - 194 pages
...before them. Indeed, the instinct they shew is most admirable; — they appeared to be sensible of all the caution requisite in the descent ; on coming to the top of the eminence they stopped, and having placed their fore-feet close together, as in a posture of stopping... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1828 - 550 pages
...and slide down. " The mules themselves are sensible of the caution requisite in these descents; for, coming to the top of an eminence, they stop, and having placed their fore feet close together, as in a posture of stopping themselves, they also put their hinder feet together, but a little forwards,... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...trenches. Where the precipices are several hundred yards deep, the instinct of the mules is admirable. On coming to the top of an eminence, they stop, and having placed their fore-feet close together, they put their hind feet much in the same position, but a little forwards,... | |
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