 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...himself at the head of the boat; and when the turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...get free ; and by this both are kept at the surface until the boat arrives to take them in. "« •»••>! nu-ii-kt..* CHAP. IV. •""" * . '« •... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824
...himself at the head of the boat; and when the turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...get free; and by this both are kept at the surface «until the boat arrives to take them in. <• CHAPTER IV. OP THE SHELL OF TESTACEOUS FISHE8. ' •... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 518 pages
...himself .at the head of the boat; and when the turtles are observed, which they,. sometimes. are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...under water, .directs his passage. to where the turtle W.3S seen, and coming up beneath,; seizes it by the tail : the animal awaking, struggles to get. free... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 526 pages
...while they are asleep. the boat; and when the Turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...Turtle was seen, and coming up beneath seizes it by the hind fin; the animal, awaking, struggles to get free; and by this both are kept at the surface until... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 370 pages
...they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits the vessel at i.bout fifty yards distance, and, keeping still under water,...was seen, and, coming up beneath, seizes it by the hind fin; the animal, awaking, stmggles to get free; and by this both are kept at the surface until... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 356 pages
...directs his passage to where the Turtle •was seen, and, coming up beneath, seizes it by the hind fin; the animal, awaking, struggles to get free; and by this both are kept at the surface until the boat arrives to take them in. The natives of the islands in the Pacific Ocean often catch... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 612 pages
...himself at the head of the boat ; and when the turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...get free : and by this both are kept at the surface until the boat arrives to take them in. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE — The Land Tortoise. Mr. White, in his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...himself at the head of the boat; and when the turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...seen, and, coming up beneath, seizes it by the tail ; lln- animal awaking struggles to get free ; and by this both are kept at the surface until the boat... | |
 | G. Garratt - 1862 - 462 pages
...himself at the head of the boat; and when the turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the surface, he immediately quits...get free ; and by this both are kept at the surface until the boat arrive to take them." Once more, and that from the authority of Sir JE Alexander :—"... | |
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There is yet another way, which, though seemingly awkward, is said to be attended with very great success. A good diver places himself at the head of the boat; and when the turtles are observed, which they sometimes are in great numbers, asleep on the... 