Natural History of Quadrupeds, Volume 2John Harris, 1834 - Mammals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 7
... manner a stout baboon has been known to dispatch several dogs before he was overpowered ; nay , it is even asserted , that the leopard is sometimes defeated and worried to death by a troop of these animals , for it is only in large ...
... manner a stout baboon has been known to dispatch several dogs before he was overpowered ; nay , it is even asserted , that the leopard is sometimes defeated and worried to death by a troop of these animals , for it is only in large ...
Page 16
... manners of these animals , says that the tenderness of the females , even in a com- pletely wild state , to their young , is very re- markable . They hold them in proper obe- dience , and the traveller relates that he has seen them ...
... manners of these animals , says that the tenderness of the females , even in a com- pletely wild state , to their young , is very re- markable . They hold them in proper obe- dience , and the traveller relates that he has seen them ...
Page 17
... manner , though always liable to relapse into the same faults : in other cases each would come at the first cry of the dam . If the latter removed to a little distance , the young would slowly follow ; but when there was occasion for ...
... manner , though always liable to relapse into the same faults : in other cases each would come at the first cry of the dam . If the latter removed to a little distance , the young would slowly follow ; but when there was occasion for ...
Page 28
... , has given a pictu- resque description of the manner in which the Esquimaux dogs are employed in drawing sledges . " These dogs have a simple harness of deer or sealskin going round the neck by one bight , 28 THE DOG .
... , has given a pictu- resque description of the manner in which the Esquimaux dogs are employed in drawing sledges . " These dogs have a simple harness of deer or sealskin going round the neck by one bight , 28 THE DOG .
Page 34
... manner . rate at which they travel depends of course on the weight they have to draw , and the road on which the journey is performed . When the latter is level and very hard and smooth , six or seven dogs will draw from eight to ten ...
... manner . rate at which they travel depends of course on the weight they have to draw , and the road on which the journey is performed . When the latter is level and very hard and smooth , six or seven dogs will draw from eight to ten ...
Common terms and phrases
12 engravings 24 engravings Africa amusement animal Ashton Lever attack Author baboon badger beast beaver birds body bound in cloth Charlemagne chiefly claws climbing cloth and leather colour countries cubs deer devour distance ditto ears enemy escape Europe eyes fawn colour feet fish flesh fore-paws frequently gray gray squirrels ground habits hair half bound head History House Hudson's Bay Company hunters hunting hyæna inches India inhabitants ISAAC TAYLOR islands jackal killed legs length leopard lion lustrated manner marmot mouth native Newfoundland dog night nose opossum otter paws polar bear porcupine prey Price puma quadrupeds racoon racter readers resemblance retreat river Second Edition seized skin sledge snow sometimes species spots square 16mo squirrel tail taining teeth thick Third Edition thor tiger tion travellers trees ture VOLUME weasel white bear wild winter wolves wood wounds
Popular passages
Page 152 - He was trying to shoot some wild ducks, and, in order to approach them unperceived, he put the corner of his poncho (which is a sort of long narrow blanket) over his head, and crawling along the ground upon his hands and knees, the poncho not only covered his body, but trailed along the ground behind him. As he was thus creeping by a large bush of reeds, he heard a loud, sudden noise, between a bark and a roar: he felt something heavy strike his feet, and, instantly jumping up, he saw, to his astonishment,...
Page 32 - On a beaten track, or even where a single foot or sledge mark is occasionally discernible, there is not the slightest trouble in guiding the dogs : for even in the darkest night, and in the heaviest snow-drift, there is little or no danger of their losing the road, the leader keeping his nose near the ground, and directing the rest with wonderful sagacity.
Page 96 - Bastaards, in place of now pouring in their volley upon him, instantly turned, and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots,— who, with empty guns, were tumbling over each other in their hurry to escape the clutch of the rampant savage. In a twinkling he was upon them — and with one stroke of his paw dashed the nearest to the ground. " The scene was terrific ! There stood the lion with his foot upon...
Page 74 - ... ravenous, that a good large village, where I sometimes procured a draught of sour milk on my duck-shooting excursions, had been attacked the night before my last visit, the town absolutely carried by storm, notwithstanding defences nearly six feet high of branches of the prickly tulloh, and two donkies, whose flesh these animals are particularly fond of, carried off, in spite of the efforts of the people. We constantly...
Page 75 - Many a time in the night, when the king had kept me late in the palace, and it was not my duty to...