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第 40 頁
... inhabitants of the town as are unaccus- tomed to it , the cries are stunning if not alarming . During the day , however , they are perfectly quiet unless disturbed . These animals are slow and heavy in their gait , want confidence when ...
... inhabitants of the town as are unaccus- tomed to it , the cries are stunning if not alarming . During the day , however , they are perfectly quiet unless disturbed . These animals are slow and heavy in their gait , want confidence when ...
第 63 頁
... which brings forth young ones and suckles them . " Even up to a late period they were considered as forming a link between qua- drupeds and birds . The name of vampire has been given to a large species of bat , inhabitants THE BAT . 63.
... which brings forth young ones and suckles them . " Even up to a late period they were considered as forming a link between qua- drupeds and birds . The name of vampire has been given to a large species of bat , inhabitants THE BAT . 63.
第 64 頁
Mammalia Wonders. been given to a large species of bat , inhabitants of hot climates , from their propensity to suck the blood of men and animals whilst they are asleep . They also subsist on the juices of various kinds of fruits , and ...
Mammalia Wonders. been given to a large species of bat , inhabitants of hot climates , from their propensity to suck the blood of men and animals whilst they are asleep . They also subsist on the juices of various kinds of fruits , and ...
第 70 頁
... inhabitants of the same loft for months to- gether . " Humboldt relates , " that during a night encamp- ment in South America his great dog was bitten , or , as the Indians say , pricked at the point of the nose by some enormous bats ...
... inhabitants of the same loft for months to- gether . " Humboldt relates , " that during a night encamp- ment in South America his great dog was bitten , or , as the Indians say , pricked at the point of the nose by some enormous bats ...
第 89 頁
... inhabitants sit under the shade of these platforms during the day , and retire to the elevated huts at night . In Steedman's Wan- derings in Africa the reader will find a drawing of the inhabited tree at " Ongorutcie Fountain . " " It ...
... inhabitants sit under the shade of these platforms during the day , and retire to the elevated huts at night . In Steedman's Wan- derings in Africa the reader will find a drawing of the inhabited tree at " Ongorutcie Fountain . " " It ...
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第 302 頁 - Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.
第 235 頁 - Their rein-deer form their riches. These, their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth Supply, their wholesome fare, and cheerful cups Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a blue crust of ice unbounded glaz'd.
第 274 頁 - ... again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness? Do they mistake a man in the distance for their chief enemy the puma? Or does curiosity overcome their timidity? That they are curious is certain; for if a person lies on the ground, and plays strange antics, such as throwing up his feet in the air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him.
第 93 頁 - At one moment, the dogs perceiving his eye thus engaged, had advanced close to his feet, and seemed as if they would actually seize hold of him ; but they paid dearly for their imprudence, for without discomposing the majestic and steady attitude in which he stood fixed, he merely moved his paw, and at the next instant, I beheld two lying dead. In doing this, he made so little exertion, that it was scarcely perceptible by what means they had been killed.
第 160 頁 - This pause was sometimes followed by changing the position of the material "judged," and sometimes it was left in its place. After he had piled up his materials in one part of the room (for he generally chose the same place), he proceeded to wall up the space between the feet of a chest of drawers which stood at a little distance from it, high enough on its legs to make the bottom...
第 215 頁 - Their huge foot-prints were everywhere visible; and in the swampy spots on the banks of the river it was evident that some of them had been luxuriously enjoying themselves by rolling their unwieldy bulks in the ooze and mud. But it was in the groves and jungles that they had left the most striking proofs of their recent presence and peculiar habits. In many places paths had been trodden through the midst of dense thorny forests, otherwise impenetrable.
第 69 頁 - The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing. But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling...
第 115 頁 - The elephants, however, are often dreadfully torn ; and a large old tiger sometimes clings too fast to be thus dealt with. In this case it often happens that the elephant himself falls, from pain, or from the hope of rolling on his enemy ; and the people on his back are in very considerable danger both from friends and foes, for Mr.
第 159 頁 - The long and large materials were always taken first, and two of the longest were generally laid crosswise, with one of the ends of each touching the wall, and the other ends projecting out into the room.
第 70 頁 - I went to the river Paumaron with a Scotch gentleman, by name Tarbet. We hung our hammocks in the thatched loft of a planter's house. Next morning I heard this gentleman muttering in his hammock, and now and then letting fall an imprecation or two, just about the time he ought to have been saying his morning prayers. ' What is the matter, Sir,' said I, softly, ' is anything amiss ?'