The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction, Volume 2Smith, Elder and Company, 1859 |
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Page 250 - We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary manner of fishing; but we soon saw our guides return from the savannah, which they had been scouring for wild horses and mules. They brought about thirty with them, which they forced to enter the pool. The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat.
Page 250 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the 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 bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle.
Page 250 - By their wild cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the repeated discharge of their electric batteries.
Page 255 - OF HISTORICAL EVENTS, suited to the capacity of children. ELUCIDATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY, adapted to encourage habits of observation. FAMILIAR EXPLANATIONS OF NOTABLE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. LIVELY ACCOUNTS OF THE GEOGRAPHY, INHABITANTS, AND PRODUCTIONS OP DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
Page 201 - ... round, with these large projections and hollows; let him reflect, that the highest mountain, compared with the size of the earth, is not near so great a projection as the very smallest grain of dust that may be seen sticking to an orange. The Sun. To us who are accustomed to think of such bodies as stones and trees, hills and mountains, the size of the earth appears immense. But the earth, large as it appears, is a small body compared with the sun, which gives us light and heat. The sun is more...
Page 256 - Willie's Birthday: Showing how a Little Boy did what he Liked, and how he Enjoyed it. With Four Illustrations. 2s.
Page 249 - They see these fish less frequently than they feel electrical shocks from them when swimming or bathing in the river. In the Llanos, particularly in the environs of Calabozo, between the farms of Morichal and the missions de arriba and de abaxo, the basins of stagnant...