The Natural History of Domestic Animals: Containing an Account of Their Habits and Instincts, and of the Services They Render to Man |
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... natives are highly indebted to their dogs , which serve them in place of horses . They are fastened by the Greenlanders to their sledges , who thus pay their visits in state , and bring home the animals they have killed ; sometimes ...
... natives are highly indebted to their dogs , which serve them in place of horses . They are fastened by the Greenlanders to their sledges , who thus pay their visits in state , and bring home the animals they have killed ; sometimes ...
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... native . The toes are connected by a membrane , like that which is seen on the feet of a water - fowl ; the conformation of which , is such as to enable it to swim very rapidly , and to dive with the greatest ease ; and its eager ap ...
... native . The toes are connected by a membrane , like that which is seen on the feet of a water - fowl ; the conformation of which , is such as to enable it to swim very rapidly , and to dive with the greatest ease ; and its eager ap ...
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... natives are extremely expert in throwing ; and then held fast by the legs , and tied to a tree , where they are left for two days , without food or drink . By that time , they begin to grow manageable ; and in some weeks , they become ...
... natives are extremely expert in throwing ; and then held fast by the legs , and tied to a tree , where they are left for two days , without food or drink . By that time , they begin to grow manageable ; and in some weeks , they become ...
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... natives use every stratagem to take them . Al- though they are active and beautiful , yet they are not so large as those that are bred up tame ; they are of a brown colour ; their mane and fail very short , and the hair black and tufted ...
... natives use every stratagem to take them . Al- though they are active and beautiful , yet they are not so large as those that are bred up tame ; they are of a brown colour ; their mane and fail very short , and the hair black and tufted ...
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... native colour hides : Thro ' his swoln veins the boiling torrent flows , And every nerve a separate torture knows . His harness loos'd , he welcomès eager - ey'd , The pail's full draught , that quivers by his side ; And joys to see the ...
... native colour hides : Thro ' his swoln veins the boiling torrent flows , And every nerve a separate torture knows . His harness loos'd , he welcomès eager - ey'd , The pail's full draught , that quivers by his side ; And joys to see the ...
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Page 44 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength ; he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 139 - I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Page 139 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression as it was not possible to misinterpret.
Page 103 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas. And his long nights of revelry and ease: The naked negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his golden sands, and palmy wine; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country,...
Page 139 - No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery ; a sentiment which he most significantly expressed by licking my hand, first the back of it, then the palm, then every finger separately, then between all the fingers...
Page 139 - Finding him extremely tractable, I made it my custom to carry him always after breakfast into the garden, where he hid himself generally under the leaves of a cucumber vine, sleeping or chewing the cud till evening; in the leaves also of that vine he found a favourite repast.
Page 44 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 88 - Others the unwilling wether drag along; And, glorying in his might, the sturdy boy Holds by the twisted horns the indignant ram. Behold where bound, and of its robe bereft, By needy man, that all-depending lord, How meek, how patient, the mild creature lies ! What...
Page 44 - He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 125 - I bred him myself. He is sometimes skittish and playful, and once ran away from me: you will hardly believe it, but there were more than fifty people after him, attempting in vain to stop him ; yet he turned back of himself, and never stopped till he ran his head kindly into my bosom.