 ... and fallen leaves on the edge of a native path, poised erect, and preparing for their attack on man and horse. On descrying their prey they advance rapidly by semi-circular strides, fixing one end firmly and arching the other forwards, till by successive...  Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical - Page 304by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1860 - 620 pages
...ground, and arching the other forward?, till by successive advances, they can lay hold of the traveler's foot, when they disengage themselves from the ground...ascend his dress in search of an aperture to enter."— Vol. i. pp. 303, 304. We have reserved for the conclusion of our review of the natural history chapters... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 586 pages
...fixing one end firmly on the ground and arching the other forwards, till by successive advances they can lay hold of the traveller's foot, when they disengage themselves from the ground and ascend his drta in search of an aperture to enter.' (Vol. ip 303, 304.) A most graphic cut of the Liliputian army,... | |
 | 1860 - 656 pages
...strides, fixing one end firmly, and arching the other forwards, till by successive advances they can lay hold of the traveller's foot, when they disengage...singular celerity. Their size is so insignificant, and the wound they make is so skilfully punctured, that both are generally imperceptible ; and the... | |
 | 1860 - 580 pages
...forwards, till by successive advances they can lay hold of the traveller's foot, when they disengafe themselves from the ground and ascend his dress in...singular celerity. Their size, is so insignificant, and the wound they make is so skilfully punctured, that both are generally imperceptible ; and the... | |
 | 1860 - 698 pages
...strides, fixing one end firmly and aiching the other forward, till by a succession of advances they can lay hold of the traveller's foot, when they disengage...individuals in the rear of a party of travellers in the jangle invariably fare worst, as the leeches once warned of their approach, congregate with singular... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1860 - 624 pages
...arching the other forwards, till by successive advances, they can lay hold of the traveler's foul, when they disengage themselves from the ground and ascend his dress in search of an aperture lo enter."— Vol. i. pp. 303, 304. We have reserved for the conclusion of our review of the natural... | |
 | 1860 - 520 pages
...from this cause that numbers of them perished. Generally speaking, it is he who comes last who fares worst, as the leeches, once warned of their approach, congregate with singular celerity. What between fleas, which may be seen in myriads in the dust of the streets, or skipping in the sunbeams... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1861 - 552 pages
...strides, fixing one end firmly and arching the other forwards, till by successive advances they can lay hold of the traveller's foot, when they disengage...singular celerity. Their size is so insignificant, and the wound they make is so skilfully punctured, that both are generally imperceptible, and the first... | |
 | Art - 1862 - 504 pages
...strides, fixing one end firmly and arching the other forwards, till by successive advances they can lay hold of the traveller's foot, when they disengage...singular celerity. Their size is so insignificant, and the wound they make is so skilfully punctured, that both are generally imperceptible, and the first... | |
 | Scientific and technical reader - Science - 1869 - 408 pages
...arching the other -forward, till by successive advances they can lay hold of the traveller's feet, when they disengage themselves from the ground and...singular celerity. Their size is so insignificant, and the wound they make is so skilfully punctured, that both are generally imperceptible, and the first... | |
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