A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally... Travels in South America - Page 411822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Everett Hale - 1881 - 372 pages
...slender reeds, surround the pool closely, and some climb up the trees, the branches of which extend over the water. By their wild cries and the length of their...away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, 1 Excite the fish with horses. stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the repeated discharge of... | |
| Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 412 pages
...very striking spectacle The Indians, provided with hnrpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely, and some climb upon the trees, the branches...the water : by their wild cries and the length of the reeds they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 494 pages
...with harpoons and long, slender reeds, surround the pool closely, and some climb upon the tr-.-c*, the branches of which extend horizontally over the...cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the arses from running away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves... | |
| 1820 - 782 pages
...very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches...reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and leaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the repeated discharge... | |
| 1882 - 708 pages
...very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely, and some climb upon the trees, the branches...the water : by their wild cries and the length of the reeds they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching ' the bank of the pool. The eels,... | |
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