 | John Esaias Warren - 1851 - 284 pages
...fish issue from the sand, and incites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...the horses and mules. A contest between animals of such different organizations furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 540 pages
...secundum, Malpighia reticulata. + Meaning to excite the fish by horses. SINGULAB METHOD OF FISHING. 115 aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...contest between animals of so different an organization presents a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...makes the fish issue from the mud, in which they bury themselves, and excites them to combat; they swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely, and prevent... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 538 pages
...Malpighia reticulata. •)• Meaning to excite the fish by horses. SINGULA.K METHOD Or FISHING. 115 aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the hellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization presents... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon - 1853 - 488 pages
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...horses and mules. A contest between animals of so dioerent an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1853 - 460 pages
...fishissue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bailies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 574 pages
...issue from the mud, and excites them to the attack. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...contest between animals of so different an organization presents a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 570 pages
...bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization presents a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with...and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely; some climb up the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 pages
...and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic snakes, swim at the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. The struggle between animals of so different an organization affords a very interesting sight. The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pages
...caused by the horses', hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat ; they swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the hones and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking... | |
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The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud and excites them to the attack. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water and crowd under the bellies of the... 
