... individuals, and on one occasion I counted forty together ; this, however, was owing to chance, and about sixteen may be reckoned as the average number of a herd. These herds are composed of giraffes of various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine... The Illustrated Natural History - Page 122by John George Wood - 1855 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1851 - 896 pages
...of various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark chesnut-coloured old bull of the herd, •whose exalted head towers...seventeen feet. Some writers have discovered ugliness and want of grace in the giraffe; but I consider that he is one of the most strikingly beautiful animals... | |
| Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 458 pages
...of various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark chesnutcoloured old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above...The females are of lower stature and more delicately Although we had now been travelling many days through the country of the giraffe, and had marched through... | |
| Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 434 pages
...feet in height, to the dark chesnutcoloured old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above hia companions, generally attaining to a height of upwards...eighteen feet. The females are of lower stature and mure delicately CHAP. XII. THE CAMELOPAKD. 267 Although we had now been travelling many days through... | |
| Charles Wilkins Webber - 1852 - 622 pages
...various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark, 36 661 chestnut-colored old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above...is one of the most strikingly beautiful animals in creation ; and when a herd of them is seen scattered through a grove of the picturesque parasol-topped... | |
| 1851 - 484 pages
...of various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark chestnut-colored old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above his companions, generally attaining a height of upward of eighteen feet. The females are of lower stature and more delicately formed than... | |
| 1853 - 498 pages
...of various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark chestnut-colored old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above his companions, generally attaining a height of upward of eighteen feet. The females are of lower stature and more delicately formed than... | |
| Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1855 - 440 pages
...of various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height to the dark chesnutcoloured old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above...females are of lower stature and more delicately formed then the males, their height averaging from sixteen to seventeen feet. Some writers have discovered... | |
| Roualeyn Gordon Cumming - 1856 - 434 pages
...giraffes of various sizes, from the young one of nine or ten feet in height to the dark chestnut-coloured old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above his companions, generally attaining a height of upwards of eighteen feet. The females are of lower stature and more delicately formed than... | |
| Charles Wilkins Webber - 1859 - 630 pages
...various sizes, from the young giraffe of nine or ten feet in height, to the dark, 36 561 chestnut-colored old bull of the herd, whose exalted head towers above...is one of the most strikingly beautiful animals in creation ; and when a herd of them is seen scattered through a grove of the picturesque parasol-topped... | |
| Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1860 - 650 pages
...through the country of the giraffe, and had marched panions, generally attaining to a height of upward of eighteen feet. The females are of lower stature and more delicately formed than the males, tBeir height averaging from sixteen to seventeen feet. Some writers have discovered ugliness and a... | |
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