 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...rooms where they are kept, to the fish-pools, they " hood-wink them,, that they may not be frighted " by the way. When they are come to the rivers, " they...each one or two fishes, which they will catch " most dextrously, as they are falling in the air." At present, the cormorant is trained up in every part... | |
 | 1816 - 386 pages
...after another, vomit up all their fish, a little bruised with the nip they gave them with their bills. When they have done fishing, setting the birds on...open, and for their reward they throw them part of the prey they have caught, to each, perchance, one or two fishes, which they by the way, as they are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...river. They presently dive under water, and there, for a long time, with wonderful swiftness, pur* sue the fish; and when they have caught them, rise to...most dexterously as they are falling in the air." At present, the cormorant is trained up in. every part of China for the same purpose, where there are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 498 pages
...pursue the fish ; and when they havfe caught them, rise to the top of the water, and pressing the'fish lightly 'with their bills, swallow them, till each...most dexterously as they are falling in the air." At present, the cormorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose, where there 'are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 452 pages
...England for that purpose. The description of their manner of fishing is thus delivered by Faber: " When they carry them out of the rooms where they are...most dexterously as they are falling in the air." At present, the cormorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose, where there are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...England for that purpose. The description of their manner of fishing is thus delivered by Faber. " When they carry them out of the rooms where they are...most dexterously, as they are falling in the air." At present the cormorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose, where there are... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...for the purposes of fishing. The description of their manner of fishing is thus delivered by Faber. " When they carry them out of the rooms where they are...most dexterously, as they are falling in the air." At present, the Corvorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose. " It is very pleasant... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...catching them. When they have done fishing, setting the birds on some high place, they loose the string eA from their necks, leaving the passage to the stomach...most dexterously, as they are falling in the air." At present, the Corvorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose. " It is very pleasant... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...catching them. When they have done fishing, setting the birds on some high place, they loose the string c4 from their necks, leaving the passage to the stomach...prey ; to each one or two fishes, which they will catcli most dexterously, as they are falling in the air." At present, the Corvorant is trained up in... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 pages
...after another, vomit up all their fish, a little bniised with the nip they gave them with their bills. When they have done fishing, setting the birds on...open, and for their reward they throw them part of the prey they have caught, to each, perchance, one or two fishes, which they by the way, as they arc... | |
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... swallow them, till each bird hath, after this manner, devoured five or six fishes. Then their keepers call them to the fist, to which they readily fly; and, one after another, vomit up all their fish, a little bruised with the first nip given in catching... 
