 In eastern countries there is no mode of conveyance so cheap and expeditious as that by Camels. The merchants and other passengers unite in a caravan, to prevent the insults and robberies of the Arabs. These caravans are often very numerous, and are always...  Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt - Page 102by Charles Sigisbert Sonnini - 1799Full view - About this book
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...theElephant, Camels have their periodical fit* of rage, and during these they sometimes have been known to take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet. There is no mode of conveyance so cheap and expeditious as that by Camels. The merchants and other... | |
 | Hugh Clark - Heraldry - 1827 - 450 pages
...camel argent, name Camel. P. 14, n. 23. Sonnini says, the camels, in their fits of rage, sometimes take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground,...and trample him under their feet. Eager to revenge themselves, they no longer retain any rancour, when once they are satisfied; and it is even sufficient,... | |
 | Hugh Clark (heraldic engraver.) - 1829 - 454 pages
...camel argent, name, Camel. P. 14, n. 23. Sonnini says, the camels, in their fits of rage, sometimes take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground,...and trample him under their feet. Eager to revenge, themselves, they no longer retain any rancour, when once they are satisfied ; and it is even sufficient,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...elephant, Camels have their periodical fits of rage, and during these they sometimes have been known to take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet. In eastern countries there is no mode of conveyance so cheap and expeditious as that by Camels. The... | |
 | Natural history - 1834 - 306 pages
...similarity of character with their Arab masters. It is said that in these fits of rage they sometimes take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet. The facility with which the camels abstain from drink in their journeys over the burning deserts, is... | |
 | Edward Pett Thompson - Animal behavior - 1851 - 434 pages
...himself. Camels have their periodical fits of rage, and during these they sometimes have been known to take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet. Elephants are sometimes seized with a ferocity, which renders them wholly untractable, and makes them... | |
 | Animals - 1854 - 392 pages
...himself. Like the elephant, these animals have periodical fits of rage, in which they have been known to take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet." The pace of the Camel is a high, swinging trot, which to those who are unaccustomed to it is at first... | |
 | Architecture - 1860 - 654 pages
...himself. Like the elephant, these animals have periodical fits of rage, in which they have been known to take up a man in their teeth, throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet" The pace of the Camel is a high, swinging trot, which to those who are unaccustomed to it is at first... | |
 | William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...Elephant, Camels have their periodical fits of rage, and during these they sometimes have been known to take up a man in their teeth throw him on the ground, and trample him under their feet. In eastern countries there is no mode of conveyance so cheap and expeditious as that by Camels. The... | |
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