 We had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all the animals engaged; but, by degrees, the impetuosity of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed.  Travels in South America - Page 421822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1859 - 528 pages
...prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. The travellers had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all....of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They required a long rest, and abundant nourishment, to repair the galvanic force... | |
 | 1860 - 874 pages
...at once the heart, the ! intestines, and the plexus of abdominal nerves. i We had little doubt the fishing would terminate '• by killing successively...; but, by degrees, the impetuosity of this unequal contest diminished, and the wearied Gyinnoti dispersed. ' "Eels were supposed to have no scales on... | |
 | William Jardine - 1861 - 370 pages
...attacks at once the heart, the intestines, and the plexus of abdominal nerves. We had little doubt the fishing would terminate by killing successively all...; but, by degrees, the impetuosity of this unequal contest diminished, and the wearied Gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest, and abundant nourishment,... | |
 | 1872 - 504 pages
...rising, amid the prolonged struggles between the other horses and eels. " We had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all...engaged, but by degrees, the impetuosity of this unequal contest diminished, and the wearied Gymnoti dispersed. The mules and horses appeared less frightened,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 234 pages
...protracted struggle between the other horses and the eels. Humboldt says that he had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing, successively,...animals engaged; but by degrees the impetuosity of the unequal combat diminished, and the wearied eels retired, to repair, by a long rest, and by abundant... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1881 - 372 pages
...prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. We had little doubt that the fishing would end by killing successively all the animals engaged, but...of this unequal combat diminished and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest and abundant nourishment to repair the galvanic force which... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt - 1885 - 560 pages
...rising amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. We had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all...the animals engaged ; but by degrees the impetuosity ot this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest, and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 494 pages
...rising, amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses and be eels. "We had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing, successively,...of thi.s unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest, and abundant nourishment, to repair what they have lost... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 pages
...amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. " We had little doubt, that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all...of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest, and abundant nourishment, to repair what they have lost... | |
 | 1819 - 578 pages
...amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. ' We had little doubt, that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all...of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest, and abundant nourishment, to repair what they have lost... | |
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