 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 pages
...the Indians, and forced to enter the water. The scene which ensued is thus described by Humboldt. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs,...combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules.... | |
 | Alfred Ritter von Urbanitzky - 1886 - 922 pages
...interesting. The Indians forced thirty horses to enter a pool of muddy water surrounded with fir trees. "The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation is a striking spectacle. The eel presses itself against the belly of the horse, and makes... | |
 | Alfred Ritter von Urbanitzky - 1886 - 920 pages
...thirty horses to enter a pool of muddy water surrounded with fir trees. "The extraordinary noise raused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation is a striking spectacle. The eel presses itself against the belly of the horse, and makes... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 pages
...wild horses and mules. They brought about thirty with them, which they forced to enter the pool. ' ' The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs...excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels resemble large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the... | |
 | Stephen R. Bown - 2002 - 284 pages
...the eels from their lethargy. "The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs," Humboldt wrote, "makes the fish issue from the mud and excites them...crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules." With sticks and furious yelling, the horses were prevented from leaving the pool, and in the frantic... | |
 | 1820 - 804 pages
...mules, which they forced into the pool. The fishing, accordingly, commenced, and is thus described : " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs...swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bullies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes... | |
 | 1882 - 708 pages
...water. The scene which ensued is thus described by Humboldt. " The extraordinary noise caused by 539 the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud,...combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules.... | |
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The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the 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, and crowd under the bellies of the... 
