 | Thomas Smith - 1804 - 302 pages
...most unsocial property, which is, that if any of them by* accident is maimed in such a manner as to be incapable of proceeding, the rest fall upon and devour...a thousand dangers, (for they are sometimes three weeks in getting to the shore) they have arrived at their destined port, they prepare to cast their... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1805 - 464 pages
...sometimes " tear off a piece of the skin, and leave the weapon " where they inflicted the wound. " When after a fatiguing march, and escaping a " thousand...months in getting to the shore, they have arrived ** at their destined port, they prepare to cast their " spawn. For this purpose the crab has no sooner "... | |
 | 1810 - 86 pages
...sometimes, teatW a piece of skin, and leave the weapon where they inHict the wound. When, after a wearisome march, and escaping a thousand dangers, for they are sometimes three months in gel ting to the shore, they have reached their destined port, they prepare to .cast their spawn. For... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...most unsocial property, which is, that if any of them by accident is maimed in such a manner as to be incapable of proceeding, the rest fall upon and devour it on the spot, and then pursue their journey. WThen after a fatiguing march, and escaping » thousand dangers, (for they are sometimes three months... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...most unsocial property, which is, that if any of them by accident be maimed, in such a manner as to be incapable of proceeding, the rest fall upon and devour...water, they leave accident to bring it to maturity. At this time shoals of hungry fish are at the shore in expectation of this annual supply : the sea to... | |
 | 1862 - 822 pages
...they sometimes tear off a piece of the skin, and leave the weapon where they inflicted the wound. " When, after a fatiguing march, and escaping a thousand...months in getting to the shore — they have arrived at their destined port, they prepare to cast their spawn. For this purpose the crab has no sooner reached... | |
 | 1820 - 188 pages
...unsocial property, which is, that if any of them, by accident, is maimed, iu such a manner, as to be incapable of proceeding, the rest fall upon, and devour...months in getting to the shore, they have arrived at their destined port, they prepare to oast their spawn. The peas are as yet within their bodies, and... | |
 | 1822 - 194 pages
...the surface of the ground, they then make an universal halt, and wait till the cool of the evening. When after a fatiguing march, and escaping a thousand...months in getting to the shore, they have arrived at their destined port, they prepare to cast their spawn, into the water. , At this lime, whole shoals... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 pages
...most unsocial property, which is, that if any of them by accident be maimed, in such a manner as to be incapable of proceeding, the rest fall upon and devour...water, they leave accident to bring it to maturity. At this time, shoals of hungry fish are at the shore, in expectation of this annual supply : the sea,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 518 pages
...most unsocial property, which is, that if any of them by accident is maimed in such a manner as to be incapable of proceeding', the rest fall upon and devour...their journey. W^hen after a fatiguing march, and escapmg a thousand dangers (for they are sometimes three months in getting to the shore), they have... | |
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... disturb them But though they thus strive to be formidable to man, they are much more so to each other for they are possessed of one most unsocial property, which is, that if any of them by accident is maimed in such a manner as to be incapable of... 
