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" In the rainy season," says M. Humboldt, " the horses that wander in the savannah, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds amidst the overMowings of the rivers. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming,... "
Physical Geography - Page 52
by H. J. Lloyd - 1828
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 590 pages
...year. The swellings of the rivers Apure, Meta, and Oroonoko, are also periodical. In the rainy season the horses, that wander in the savannah, and have...rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen, followed by their colts *, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 602 pages
...year. The swellings of the rivers Apure, Meta, and Oroonoko, are also periodical. In the rainy season the horses, that wander in the savannah, and have...rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen, followed by their colts *, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 21

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1819 - 592 pages
...found to be 200 toises. This river, like the Meta and the Oroonoko, has its periodical swellings, when the horses that wander in the savannah and have not...reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by thousands. The mares, followed by their colts, may be seen swimming about, and feeding on the grass...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 21

1819 - 596 pages
...found to be 206 toises. This river, like the Meta and the Oroonoko, has its periodical swellings, when the horses that wander in the savannah and have not...reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by thousands. The mares, followed by their colts, may be seen swimming about, and feeding on the grass...
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Colombia: Siendo una relacion geografica, topografica, agricultural ...

Alexander Walker - 1822 - 844 pages
...Meta, and Orinoco, are also periodical. In the rainy season, the horses that wander in the savannahs, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen followed by their colts, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,...
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Colombia: Being a Geographical, Statistical, Agricultural ..., Volume 1

Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 pages
...Meta, and Orinoco, are also periodical. In the rainy season, the horses that wander in the savannahs, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen- followed by their colts, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,...
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The Modern Traveller: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and ..., Volume 8

Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pages
...Meta, and the Orinoco, are also periodical. In the rainy season, the horses that wander in the savanna, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 3

1834 - 578 pages
...the temperate regions, the animals are of much smaller dimensions ; and the only beasts of prey are the wolf, the bear, the lynx, and the wild boar ;...grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds amidst the overMowings of the rivers. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming, during a, part of...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 3

1834 - 574 pages
...the temperate regions, the animals are of much smaller dimensions ; and the only beasts of prey are the wolf, the bear, the lynx, and the wild boar ;...grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds amidst the overhowings of the rivers. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming, during a part of...
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Geography generalized; or, An introduction to the study of geography on the ...

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1854 - 332 pages
...of the llanos endure on these occasions are thus descrihed hy the same authori "In the rairy season the horses that wander in the savannah, and have not...to reach the rising grounds of the llanos, perish hy hundreds amidst the overflowings of the rivers. The mares are seen followed hy their foals swimming...
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