 ... the storm by which they are overtaken. They are driven back by the Indians into the middle of the water; but a small number succeed in eluding the active vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves...  Travels in South America - Page 421822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 pages
...eluding the vigilance of our fishermen, regained the shore, and stretched themselves upon the sand, with limbs benumbed by the electric shocks of the gymnoti....less than five minutes two horses were drowned. The eels, being five feet long, pressed themselves against the bellies of the horses, making discharges... | |
 | 1825 - 448 pages
...vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue ; and their limbs...the belly of the horse, makes a discharge along the whoie extent of its electric organ . It attacks at once the heart, the intestines, and the plexus cceliacus... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1825 - 602 pages
...vigilcince of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stietch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs...long, and pressing itself against the belly of the horses, makes a discharge along the whole extent of it's electric organ. It attacks at once the heart,... | |
 | 1820 - 486 pages
...vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs...long, and pressing itself against the belly of the horses, makes a discharge along the whole extent of its electric organ. It attacks at once the heart,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 pages
...few, .however, succeeded in gaining the shore, and these stumbling at every step, stretched themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs...electric shocks of the gymnoti. In less than five minutes the humane conductors of this exhibition had succeeded in drowning two horses, and M. Humboldt imagined... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pages
...vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shocks of the gymnoti. • We obtained five large eels, the greater part of which were but slightly wounded. The temperature... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pages
...every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed with the electric shocks of the gymnoti. " In less than...long, and pressing itself against the belly of the horses, makes a discharge along the whole extent of its electric organ. It attacks at once the heart,... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs...horse, makes a discharge along the whole extent of its electric organ. It attacks at once the heart, the intestines, and the plexus cceliacus of abdominal... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shocks cf the Gymnoti. "In less than five minutes two horses were drowned. The Eel being five feet long, and... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...stretch themselves on the tand exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shock of the gymnoti. " In less than five minutes, two horses...long, and pressing itself against the belly of the horses, makes a discharge along the whole extent of its electric organ. It attacks at once the heart,... | |
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