 Durian strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy; but from this very circumstance death rarely ensues, the copious effusion of blood preventing the inflammation...  The Castaways - Page 58by Mayne Reid - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1856 - 418 pages
...strikes a man in its fall it produces a fearful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1869 - 700 pages
...strikes a man in its fall it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which ho thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he... | |
 | 1869 - 692 pages
...strikes a man in its fall it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 688 pages
...strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a durion falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 694 pages
...strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. A Dytk chief informed me that he had been struck down by a dfrion falling on his head, which he thought... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1877 - 728 pages
...spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very circumstauce death rarely ensues, the copious effusion of blood...place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have cansed his death, yet he... | |
 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - 1894 - 468 pages
...strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. The old traveller LINSCHOTT, writing in 1599, says : — " It is of such an excellent taste that it... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - 1901 - 450 pages
...strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very...place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a durion falling on his head, which he thought would certainly have caused his death, yet he... | |
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