 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1869 - 700 pages
...walking or working under the trees. When a Durian strikes a man in its fall it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while...struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which ho thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he recovered in a very short time. " Poets and... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 688 pages
...walking or working under the trees. When the durion strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while...chief informed me that he had been struck down by a durion falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he recovered... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 694 pages
...walking or working under the trees. When the durion strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. A Dytk chief informed me that he had been struck down by a dfrion falling on his head, which he thought... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 pages
...persons walking or working under the trees. When it strikes a man in the fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy. Poets and moralists, judging from the European trees and fruits, have said that small fruits alone... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1877 - 728 pages
...walking or working under the trees. 'When a Durian strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while...the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very circumstauce death rarely ensues, the copious effusion of blood preventing the inflammation which might... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1877 - 876 pages
...persons walking or working under the trees. When it strikes a man in the fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is verj heavy. Poets and moralists, judging from the European trees and fruits, have said that small fruits... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1885 - 686 pages
...which might otherwise take place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a durion falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he recovered iu a very short time. Poets and moralists, judging from our English trees and fruits, have thought... | |
 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - 1894 - 468 pages
...walking or working under the trees. When a durian strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. The old traveller LINSCHOTT, writing in 1599, says : — " It is of such an excellent taste that it... | |
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When the durion strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very circumstance death rarely ensues, the copious effusion of blood preventing the... 
