 | William Bingley - 1803 - 524 pages
...creeping, with a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular precaution. He seemed so much afraid of making a noise in his flight, that he held up his large tail almost in an horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground, nor brush against the plants. On the... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 298 pages
...turned toward me, he made off', not running, but stretching himseU out, or rather creeping away, placing his feet alternately with singular precaution. He was so much afraid of letting himself be heard in his flight, that lit held his large tail almost in a horizontal position,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 524 pages
...creeping with a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular precaution. He seemed so much afraid of making a noise in his flight, that he held up his large tail, almost in an horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground nor brush against the plants. On the other... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular precaution. He seemed so fearful of making a noise in his flight, that he held up his large tail, almost in an horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground nor brush against the plants. On the other... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1834 - 328 pages
...creeping with a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular caution. He seemed so much afraid of making a noise in his flight, that...almost in a horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground nor brush against the plants. On the other side of the hedge I found the fragments of... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 pages
...a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular precaution. He seemed so fearful of making a noise in his flight, that he held up his laijge tail almost in a horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground nor brush against... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular precaution. He seemed so fearful of making a noise in his flight, that he held up his large tail, almost in an horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground nor brush against the plants. On the other... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 796 pages
...creeping with a slow step, setting down his feet one after another with singular precaution. He seemed so much afraid of making a noise in his flight, that...held up his large tail, almost in a horizontal line, th»t it might neither drag oil the ground nor brush against the plants* On the other side of the hedge,... | |
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... horizontal line, that it might neither drag on the ground nor brush against the plants. On the other side of the hedge I found the fragments of his meal : it had consisted of a bird of prey, great part of which he had devoured. 