 When they attack the leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piece after piece,...  An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales - Page 321by George Barrington - 1810 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Smellie - 1790 - 576 pages
...blood as is equal to their own weight. When they attack the leg, the ftain of blood upon the ftocking extends more than an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the firft ftroke, and never quit their hold, but fuffer themfelves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piece... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...their whole body : and if it is the leg they wound, you will fee the itain upon the flocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the firft ftroke, and never quit their hold, but fuffcr themfelves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piede... | |
 | 1814 - 984 pages
...While the attack proceeds, they are in the most violent bustle and agitation. If they seize hold of any part of a man's body, they instantly make a wound,...blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in Vol. x. NU width. width. They make iheir hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit their... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...their whole body ; and if it is the leg they •wound, you will see the stain upon the stocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet...at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled aw§y kg by leg, and piece after piece, without the least attempt to... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...their whole body ; and if it is the leg they wound, you will see the stain upon the stocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit thenhold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away by the leg, and piece after piece, without the least... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 564 pages
...to describe their fury. If they seize a man's leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking will extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet, at the first stroke, and will suffer themselves to be torn away, leg after leg, and piece after piece, without quitting their... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 602 pages
...to describe their fury. If they seize a man's leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking will extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet, at the first stroke, and will suffer themselves to be torn away, leg after leg, and piece after piece, without quitting their... | |
 | Mrs. Hughs (Mary) - 1827 - 196 pages
...man's body, they instantly make a wound which discharges as much blood as is equal to their own weight. When they attack the leg, the stain of blood upon...at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piece after piece, without the smallest attempt... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...attack proceeds, they are in the most violent bustle and agitation imaginable. If they seize hold of any part of a man's body, they instantly make a wound, which gives considerable pain. When they attack the leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 402 pages
...their whole body ; and if it is the leg they wound, you will see the stain upon the stocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet...at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piece after piece, without the least attempt to... | |
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