 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...two or three days together, till fpent •with fatigue and famine. Sometimes he defends himfelfwith his beak, his wings, and his feet: Such is the force...his motion, that a man would be utterly unable to withftand him in the fhock. THE TOUYOU IS chiefly found in Guiana, along the banks of the Oroonoko,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers ; and, though in general...would be utterly unable to withstand him in the shock. The Struthophagi have another method of taking this bird ; they cover themselves with an ostrich's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers ; and, though in general...driven to desperation he defends himself with his beak, hia wings, and his feet. Such is the force of his motion, that a man would be utterly unable to withstand... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes however, he attempts to face his pursuers : and, though in general...nature, when driven to desperation, he defends himself will) his beak, his wings, and his feet Whilst engaged in these combats, he sometimes mukes a fierce,... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first tliickct he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers, and, though in general...his beak, his wings, and his feet. Such is the force oi his motion, that a mail VOL. II. N would be utterly unable to withstand him in the shock. As to... | |
 | 1821 - 276 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers, and, though in general...and his feet. Such is the force of his motion, that' ti sxrna would be utterly unable to withstand him in the shock. • •< As to bodily peculiarities,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers; and, though in general...would be utterly unable to withstand him in the shock. The Struthophagi have another method of taking this bird ; they cover themselves with an ostrich's... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...sand or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers ; and, though the most gentle animal in nature, when driven to desperation he defends himself with his beak, wings, and feet. Such is the force of his motion, that a man would be unable to withstand him in the... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers ; and, though in general...would be utterly unable to withstand him in the shock. The Struthophagi had another mode of capturing these animals. They disguised themselves in the skin... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand, or the first thicket he meets. Sometimes, however, he attempts to face his pursuers: and, though in general the most gentle animal in nafure, when driven to desperation, he defends himself with bis beak, his wings, and his feet. Such... | |
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... still employed, still followed, for two or three days together. At last, spent with fatigue and famine, and finding all power of escape impossible, he endeavours to hide himself from those enemies he cannot avoid, and covers his head in the sand,... 
