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 2211919Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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