 | 1847 - 900 Seiten
...though a small calf, a dog, or a pig, is quite a different matter. The engineer of the \VaterWorks, of New Orleans, formerly resident in the country,...land ; the mouth was opened under water, and brought so close to the shore, that the fish had no method of escaping, but through the mouth, where they were... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1855 - 882 Seiten
...adjunct to their mouth in taking their food in the water. The manner has been described as follows : The alligator placed his long body at a suitable distance from the shore, and as soon as the fish came between him and the land the body wns curved, the tail run ashore, and... | |
 | 1847 - 804 Seiten
...these animals willbe more or less illustrated. A gentleman, on two occasions, watched alligators while catching sunfish, which were swimming in shoals, in...fish came between him and the land, he curved his body,so that they could not pass; the tail was moored on land; the mouth was opened under water, and... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1870 - 496 Seiten
...adjunct to their mouth in taking their food in the water. The manner has been described as follows : The alligator placed his long body at a suitable distance from the shore, and as soon as the fish came between him and the laud the body was curved, the tail run ashore, and... | |
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A gentleman, on two occasions, watched alligators when catching sunfish, which were swimming in shoals, in shallow water. The alligator placed his long body at a suitable distance from the shore. As soon as the fish came between him and the land, he curved... 