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" The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take a part in it ; but the other branches being too high, they form a sort of chain by laying hold of each other's paws, and thus swing backwards and forwards, while any one of them who comes within... "
Natural History - Page 221
1919
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 133

1865 - 582 pages
...from branch to branch till within a respectful distance of the crocodile, when, hanging by one claw, and with the dexterity peculiar to these animals,...of lightning beneath the water when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 133

1865 - 520 pages
...from branch to branch till within a respectful distance of the crocodile, when, hanging by one claw, and with the dexterity peculiar to these animals,...suddenly close, but not upon the audacious ape, who just «scapes ; then there are cries of exultation from the tormentors, who gambol about joyfully. Occasionally,...
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Merry's Museum, Parley's Magazine, Woodworth's Cabinet and ..., Volumes 55-56

1870 - 596 pages
...at another time, only pretending to do so. The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take part in it ; but the other branches being too high,...lightning beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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Siam: The Land of the White Elephant, as it was and is

1873 - 448 pages
...from branch to branch, till within a respectful distance of the crocodile, when, hanging by one claw, and with the dexterity peculiar to these animals,...the rapidity of lightning beneath the water, when MONKEYS PLAV1MO \V1T1I A CROCODILE. the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure...
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Amongst the Shans

Archibald Ross Colquhoun, Holt Samuel Hallett, Terrien de Lacouperie - 1885 - 462 pages
...at another time only pretending to do so. The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take part in it ; but the other branches being too high,...lightning beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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Siam, the Land of the White Elephant, as it was and is

1900 - 506 pages
...they form a sort of chain by laying hold of each other's paws, and thus swing backward and forward, while any one of them who comes within reach of the...suddenly close, but not upon the audacious ape, who j ust escapes ; then there are cries of exultation from the tormentors, who gambol about joyfully....
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Siam: The Land of the White Elephant, as it was and is

George Blagden Bacon - 1892 - 366 pages
...high,they form a sort of chain by laying hold of each other's paws, and thus swing backward and forward, while any one of them who comes within reach of the...lightning beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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The Land of Idols: Or, Talks with Young People about India

John J. Pool - 1894 - 486 pages
...at another time only pretending to do so. The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take part in it ; but the other branches being too high,...lightning beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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Half-hours with the Hindus

John J. Pool - 1894 - 190 pages
...at another time only pretending to do so. The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take part in it ; but the other branches being too high,...lightning beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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The Land of Idols: Or, Talks with Young People about India

John J. Pool - 1894 - 486 pages
...at another time only pretending to do so. The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take part in it ; but the other branches being too high,...lightning beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the...
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