 ... enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he continues...  Travels in South America - Page 1771822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1857 - 756 pages
...while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps the person cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful.... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1860 - 376 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed, that the head of a pin could scarely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet, through this orifice he... | |
 | William Stephens Hayward - 1865 - 402 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1865 - 624 pages
...men. It is said generally to alight near the feet, and fanning the victim with its enormous wings, to bite a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, yet through this orifice it contrives... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1869 - 346 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he hites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small, indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is, consequently, not painful ; yet, through this orifice,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 374 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with its enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin would scarcely be received into the wound, which is, consequently, not painful ; yet through this orifice... | |
 | Europe - 1870 - 108 pages
...feet, where, while the creature continues fanning with its enormous wings, which keeps one cool, bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small that the head of a pin could scarcely go into the wound. But they suck so much blood as to be themselves... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keep the person cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, and which is consequently not painful.... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1873 - 500 pages
...feet, where, while the creature keeps fanning with its enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head «fa pin 81 FIG. 36.— SPECTRE \tMViK&(yam$iruispectrum). could scarcely be received into the wound,... | |
 | Spectre - 1875 - 346 pages
...when, while the creature continues fanning with its enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he... | |
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