 | Lucy Aikin - Readers (Elementary) - 1828 - 238 pages
...head downwards, like the vampire-bat ; when asleep he supports himself in a kind of sitting posture. He first seizes the branch with one arm, and then...that all four are in a line. He seems perfectly at his ease in this position ; and indeed if we examine his fore legs, we shall immediately perceive by... | |
 | Charles Waterton - Antilles, Lesser - 1828 - 362 pages
...that the sloth does not hang head-downwards like the vampire. When asleep, he supports himself from a. branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the...one arm, and then with the other ; and after that, JOURNEY. THIRD brings up both his leg's, one by one, to the same intipiupv. 'JLOJ branch ; so that... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Readers - 1833 - 236 pages
...head downwards, like the vampire-bat ; when asleep he supports himself in a kind of sitting posture. He first seizes the branch with one arm, and then...that all four are in a line. He seems perfectly at his ease in this position ; and indeed if we examine his fore legs, we shall immediately perceive by... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...progeny, it is but fair to surmise that it enjoys life just as much as any other animal, and that its extraordinary formation and singular habits are but...seizes the branch with one arm, and then with the olher ; and, after that, brings up both his legs, one by one, to the same branch ; so that all four... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1835 - 246 pages
...hang head downward, like the vampire, but under the brandies. When asleep, he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the...to the same branch ; so that all four are in a line ; and in this position he seems perfectly at rest. Now, had he a tail, he would be at a loss to know... | |
 | Mary Roberts - Natural history - 1839 - 312 pages
...the earth, having first grasped it with one paw, and then with the other, and after that, bringing up his legs, one by one, to the same branch, so that all four are in a line : thus situated, he seems perfectly tranquil and at ease. Had he a tail it would be much in the way... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...that the Sloth does not hang head downwards like the vampire. When asleep, he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the...this position. Now, had he a tail, he would be at t loss to know what to do with it in this position ; were he to draw it np within his legs, it would... | |
 | Wonders - Animals - 1847 - 444 pages
...dinner. The sloth does not hang head downwards like the vampire. When asleep he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the...seems perfectly at rest in this position. Now had he a long tail he would not know what to do with it ; were he to draw it up within his legs it would interfere... | |
 | 1849 - 396 pages
...He does not, however, hang head downwards, like the vampire. When asleep, he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the...that all four are in a line : he seems perfectly at ease in this position. The animal has no tail, and it is well for him that he has none : for if he... | |
 | English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...does not suspend himself head downward, like the vampire bat, but when asleep he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the branch with one arm, and then with the other ; after which he brings up both his legs, one by one, to the same branch ; so that, as in the Engraving,... | |
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It must be observed that the sloth does not hang head downwards like the vampire. When asleep, he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the branch with one arm, and then with the other ; and, after that, brings up both... 
