 When the turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. At the end of fifteen days she lays about the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the same ;...  A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature - Page 197by Oliver Goldsmith - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 312 pages
...has dune laying, she covers the hole so dexterously, that it is not easy to find the place. She now returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched...the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of other fifteen daj s she repeats the same; all the three times using the same precautions for their... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 506 pages
...leave (heir nests. " The ostrich," says Mr. Smellie, " has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal, where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them during... | |
 | George Combe - 1822 - 518 pages
...their prey with intelligence and address. The ostrich has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal, where the heat is • A definition which will apply to the innate facuities as recognized... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...she covers the hole so dexterously, that it issno easy matter to find the place; and those must he accustomed to the search to make the discovery. When...in all, using the same precautions every time for their safety. In about twenty-four or twenty-five days after laying, the eggs are hatched by the heat... | |
 | 1829 - 352 pages
...friend Elsom treated somewhat harshly in your last) " has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. .In Senegal, where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them during... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...she has done laying, she covers the hole so dexterously, that it is no easy matter to find the place. When the Turtle has done laying, she returns to the...in all, using the same precautions every time for their safety. In about twenty-four or twenty-five days after laying, the eggs are hatched by the heat... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...has done laying, she covers the hole so dexterously, that it i:3 no easy matter to find the place. When the Turtle has done laying, she returns to the...sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat <•!' the sun. At the end of fifteen days, she lays about the same number of eggs again ; and at the... | |
 | William Smellie - 1832 - 348 pages
...particularly the case with those of man.' The ostrich has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them in the... | |
 | William Smellie - 1851 - 376 pages
...particularly the case with those of man.' The ostrich has been accused of unnaturalness. because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal, where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them in the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...laying, for that night, to the ocean again ; but the next night returns to deposit a part of her burden. She begins by working and digging in the sand with...at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the samo ; three times in all, using the same precautions every time for their safety. In about twenty-four... | |
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