 | 1794 - 544 pages
...part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rofe about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle breeze...wings of the fly turned him round in the air, and he fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. 1 then difiinftly obferved him cut off with his mouth,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1800 - 676 pages
...part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and role about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle breeze...wings of the fly turned him round in the air, and he fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinftly obferved him cut off with his mouth,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 548 pages
...part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the bod^ part in his paws, and rofe about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze...wings of the fly turned him round in the air, and he fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinctly obferved him cut off with his mouth,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 552 pages
...part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rofe about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze...wings of the fly turned him round in the air, and he fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinctly obferved him cut off with his mouth,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...body part, to which the wings are attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle breeze...turned him round in the air, and he settled again with it upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut off, with his mouth, first one of the wings,... | |
 | Johann Friedrich Blumenbach - 1817 - 452 pages
...surface of the earth, are all replenished with animals caleulated for their respective habitations.* breeze wafting the wings of the fly turned him round in the air and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut oft' wilh his mouth first one of the wings and... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 616 pages
...part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze...round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut off with his mouth, first one of the wings, and... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze waftinu the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled a^ain with it upon the gravel. 1 then distinctly observed him cutofT, with his mouth, first one of... | |
 | 1824 - 190 pages
...: after this operation, he took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground. A gentle breeze •wafting the wings of the fly, turned...round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. He then cut off with his mouth, first one of the wings, and then the other, after... | |
 | George Combe - 1842 - 524 pages
...body part to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle breeze...round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut off with his mouth first one of the wings and then... | |
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A wasp, on a gravel walk, had caught a fly nearly as large as himself; kneeling on the ground I observed him separate the tail and the head from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two... 
