 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 páginas
...on the surface of the water, and crowded under the bellies of the 114 BATTLE WITH ELECTRICAL EELS. horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization presented a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surrounded... | |
 | 1819 - 304 páginas
...to combat. These yellowish and livid eel*, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the stttfecfc of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses...and long slender . reeds, surround the pool closely ; an«i some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1819 - 860 páginas
...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...very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpooas and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches... | |
 | 1820 - 442 páginas
...the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and li vid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses artd mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle.... | |
 | 1825 - 448 páginas
...to action. "These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents," says M. Humboldt, " swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under...reeds, surround the pool closely; and some climb upon (he trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By tbeir wild cries,... | |
 | 1820 - 486 páginas
...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 ,horscs and mules. A contest between animals of so .different aa .organisation furnishes a very striking... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 páginas
...This singular contest between animals so different in their organization, appears to have furnished a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surrounded the pool closely, while others climbed the trees which hung over its banks, and by their... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 páginas
...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...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 páginas
...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...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation, furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long, slender... | |
 | 1832 - 670 páginas
...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...and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely j and some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the... | |
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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 resemble large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses... 
