| Stephen R. Bown - 2002 - 284 pages
...fish issue from the mud and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water...crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules." With sticks and furious yelling, the horses were prevented from leaving the pool, and in the frantic... | |
| 1820 - 782 pages
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the length of their... | |
| 1819 - 578 pages
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...closely; and some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the length of their... | |
| 1882 - 708 pages
...the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water,...mules. A contest between animals of so different an organisation furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender... | |
| 1820 - 804 pages
...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bullies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes... | |
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