Strange to say, the prisoner generally becomes fat, and is esteemed a very dainty morsel by the natives, while the poor slave of a husband gets so lean that, on the sudden lowering of the temperature, which sometimes happens after a fall of rain, he is... The Castaways - Page 126by Mayne Reid - 1920Full view - About this book
| Zoological Society of London - 1869 - 840 pages
...three months, the male continues to feed her and the young family. The prisoner generally becomes quite fat, and is esteemed a very dainty morsel by the natives,...of rain, he is benumbed, falls down, and dies." It will be seen by this statement that the male dies from exhaustion, doubtless produced by the constant... | |
| Jerome Klapka Jerome, Robert Barr - 1894 - 680 pages
...the poor slave of a husband gets so lean that, on the sudden lowering of the temperature, which often happens after a fall of rain, he is benumbed, falls down, and dies." The Hornbills of the Indian region, however, seem to be a little more shrewd than their African brethren,... | |
| Abraham Dee Bartlett - 1898 - 416 pages
...three months, the male continues to feed her and the young family. The prisoner generally becomes quite fat, and is esteemed a very dainty morsel by the natives,...of rain, he is benumbed, falls down, and dies.' "It will be seen by this statement that the male dies from exhaustion, doubtless produced by the constant... | |
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