| 1840 - 494 Seiten
...dead ; and if he is deceived by this manœuvre, and unties them, they seize the moment to start on their legs, and disappear in an instant. A still more...pursued by dogs the kanchil will sometimes make a bound upward, hook itself on the branch of a tree by means of its crooked tusks, and there remain suspended... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 320 Seiten
...start on its legs, and disappears in an instant. A still more singular expedient is mentioned, viz., that when closely pursued by dogs, the Kanchil will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on the branch of a tree by means of its bent tusks, and there remain suspended, till the dogs have passed... | |
| 1849 - 428 Seiten
...start on its legs and disappears in an instant. A still more singular expedient is mentioned, viz. that, when closely pursued by dogs, the kanchil will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on the branch of a tree by means of its bent tusks, and there remain suspended till the dogs have passed... | |
| James Beart Simonds - 1854 - 132 Seiten
...both for its swiftness and cunningness, it is said, " that when closely pursued by dogs the creature will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on...remain suspended till the dogs have passed beneath. "! To return to the animals of whose dentition I have principally to speak : — In the pig we find... | |
| Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1855 - 626 Seiten
...both for its swiftness and cunningness, it is said, " that when closely pursued by dogs the creature will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on...remain suspended till the dogs have passed beneath."* To return to the animals of whose dentition I have principally to speak : — In the pig we find the... | |
| John Murray - 1855 - 624 Seiten
...both for its swiftness and cunningness, it is said, " that when closely pursued by dogs the creature will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on...remain suspended till the dogs have passed beneath."* To return to the animals of whose dentition I have principally to speak :—In the pig we find the... | |
| Mrs. Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield - 1858 - 712 Seiten
...an instant." A still more singular expedient is mentioned, viz., "that when closely pursued by the dogs, the Kanchil will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on the branch of a tree by means of its bent tusks, and there remain suspended, until the dogs have passed... | |
| Linnean Society of London - 1822 - 710 Seiten
...be dead ; and if he is deceived by this manoeuvre and unties them, they seize the moment to start on their legs and disappear in an instant. A still more...will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on the branch of a tree by means of its crooked tusks, and there remain suspended till the dogs have passed... | |
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