 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...Indians told us they would ' fish with horses,' of which we found it difficult to form an idea; %iut we soon saw our guides return from the savannah, which...horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, in which they bury themselves, and excites them to combat; they swim on the surface of the water, and... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1853 - 460 pages
...gymnoti. The Indians, therefore, told us that they would ,fish with horses,, iembarbascar con cavallos? We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...thirty with them, which they forced to enter the pool. " Thfl extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fishissue from the mud, and excites... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854
...gymnoti. The Indians, therefore, told us that they would 'fish with horses,' 4 embarbascar con cavallos? We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...saw our guides return from the Savannah, which they bad been scouring for wild horses and mules. They brought about thirty with them, which they forced... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon - 1853 - 488 pages
...gyranoti. The Indians, therefore, told us that they would 'fish with horses,' ' emburhiscar con carallvs.' We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...fishing; but we soon saw our guides return from the Snrannah, which they had been scouring for wild horses and mules. They brought about thirty with them,... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854 - 464 pages
...gymnoti. The Indians, therefore, told us that they would 'fish with horses,' ' embarbascar ton rara/fos.' We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...with them, which they forced to enter the pool. "The extraordinciry noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854 - 470 pages
...gymnoli. The Indians, therefore, told us that they would 'fish with horses,' 1 embarbascar con cavallos.'1 We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...mules. They brought about thirty with them, which tthey forced to enter the pool. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish... | |
 | Henry Minchin Noad - 1855 - 566 pages
...which bury themselves in the mud. The Indians, therefore, told us that they would fish with horses. "We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to the attack. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pages
...have enfeebled the gymnoti : the Indians, therefore, told us, that they would " fish with horses." We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...scouring for wild horses and mules. They brought about lliiitv with them, which they forced to enter the pool. The extraordinary noise caused by the horses',... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...to form an idea of this extraordinary maniur of fishing; but we soon saw our guides return from tho savannah, which they had been scouring for wild horses...makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them tu combat; they swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules.... | |
 | William Wright - 1858 - 422 pages
...Humboldt thus describes the struggle which ensued. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses-hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them...combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules.... | |
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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... 
