 ... enemy, and endeavours not to pierce with its pointed beak, but to cut with its toothed edges. The sea all about is soon dyed with blood, proceeding from the wounds of the Whale; while the enormous animal vainly endeavours to reach its invader, and...  A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature - Page 41by Oliver Goldsmith - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Ward - 1776 - 410 pages
...rnous animal vainly endeavours to '* reach its invader, and ftrikes with its " tail againft the furface of the water, " making a report at each blow louder ** than the noife of a cannon." A cetaceous animal, called, by the fifhermen of New England, the killer, is a ftill... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...enormous animal vainly endeavours to reach its invader, and Rrikes with its tail againfl the furface of the water, making a report at each blow louder than the noile of a cannon." There is flill another and more powerful enemy, called, by the fifhermen of New... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...enormous animal vainly endeavours to reach its invader, and ftrikes with its tail againft the furface of the water, making a report at each blow louder than the n^ifeof a cannon." -But of all the enemies of thefe enormous fifhes, man is the greatefl: he alone... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...endeavours not to pierce with its pointed beak, but to cut with its toothed edges. The sea all about is soon dyed with blood, proceeding from the wounds of the...making a report at each blow louder than the noise of a canon. There is still another powerful enemy to this fish, which is called the oria or killer. A number... | |
 | 1810 - 312 pages
...it falls upon its enemy, and endeavours, not to pierce it with its pointed beak, but to cut with its edges. The sea all about is seen dyed with blood,...report at each blow louder than the noise of a cannon. A still more fatal enemy to the whale is an animal of its own order, called, by the fisherman of New... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...with blood, proceeding from the wounds of the whale ; while the enormous animal vainly en. deavours to reach its invader, and strikes with its tail against...water, making a report at each blow louder than the noiw of a cannon. A still more fatal enemy of the whale is an animal of its own order, hence called... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 pages
...of Jit whale ; while the enormous animal vainly endeavours to reach its invader, and siritei uitli its tail against the surface of the water, making a report at each blow louderthan the noise of a cannon. A still more dial enemy of the whale ¡- animal of its own order,... | |
 | 1816 - 740 pages
...enormous animal vainly endeavours to reach its envader, and flrikes with its tail againft the furface of the water, making a report at each blow louder than the noifc of a cannon." In calm weather, the fifheimen lie upon their oars as fptctalors of this combat,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 376 pages
...endeavours not to pierce with its pointed beak, but to cut with its toothed edges. The sea all about is soon dyed with blood, proceeding from the wounds of the...than the noise of a cannon. There is still another powerful enemy to this fish, which is called the oria, or killer. A number of these are said to surround... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 pages
...not to pierce with its pointed. beak, but to cut with its toothed edges. The sea all about is soon dyed with blood, proceeding from the wounds of the...than the noise of a cannon. There is still another powerful enemy to this fish, which is called the oria, or killer. A number of these are said to surround... | |
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