 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 612 pages
...its feeding on them in the same manner as our domestic animals, such as the ox and the horse, tt ia obliged to straddle widely ; its two fore-feet are...the instant that any noise interrupts its repast, it raises itself with rapidity, and has recourse to immediate flight. ' The giraffe eats with great... | |
 | 1836 - 1184 pages
...•The one of which I have previously spoken as having been killed by the Arabs measured twenty-one French feet in height from the ears to the hoofs....the instant that any noise interrupts its repast, it raises itself with rapidity, and has recourse to immediate flight. ' The giraffe eats with great... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 610 pages
...tops. The one of which I have previously spoken as having been killed by the Arabs measured twenty-one French feet in height from the ears to the hoofs....the instant that any noise interrupts its repast, it raises itself with rapidity, and has recourse to immediate flight. ' The giraffe eats with great... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 606 pages
...tops. The one of which I have previously spoken as having been killed by the Arabs measured twenty-one French feet in height from the ears to the hoofs....the instant that any noise interrupts its repast, it raises itself with rapidity, and has recourse to immediate flight. ' The giraffe eats with great... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pages
...our domestic animals, as the ox or the horse. It is obliged to straddle widely ; its two fore feet are gradually stretched widely apart from each other,...neck, being then bent into a semicircular form, the giraffe is thus enabled to collect the grass. The tongue, also, has the power of motion to an extraordinary... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 pages
...our domestic animals, as the ox or the horse. It is obliged to straddle widely ; its two fore feet are gradually stretched widely apart from each other, and its neck, being then bent into a semicircularform, the giraffe is thus enabled to collect the grass. The tongue, also, has the power... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1885 - 264 pages
...this animal ; but its structure does not admit of its feeding on them in the same manner as our other domestic animals, such as the ox and the horse. It...widely. Its two fore-feet are gradually stretched apart from each other, and its neck being then bent in a semicircular form, the animal is thus enabled... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...as our domestic animals, the ox or the horse. It is obliged to straddle widely ; its two fore feet are gradually stretched widely apart from each other,...neck, being then bent into a semicircular form, the giraffe is thus enabled to collect the grass. The tongue, also, has the power of motion to an extraordinary... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...manner as our domestic animals, the ox or the horse. It is obliged to straddle widely; its two fore feet are gradually stretched widely apart from each other,...neck, being then bent into a semicircular form, the giraffe is thus enabled to collect the grass. The tongue, also, has the power of motion to an extraordinary... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...manner as our domestic animals, the ox or the horse. It is obliged to straddle widely; its two fore feet are gradually stretched widely apart from each other,...neck, being then bent into a semicircular form, the giraffe is thus enabled to collect the grass. The tongue, also, has the power of motion to an extraordinary... | |
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Arabs measured twenty-one French feet in height from the ears to the hoofs. Green herbs are also very agreeable to this animal ; but its structure does not admit of its feeding on them in the same manner as our domestic animals, such as the ox and the... 
