 | 1827 - 394 страници
...necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, and bound« ed from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country... | |
 | 1828 - 614 страници
...necessary to see him amongst trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength.On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty...been covered with wood, it would have been almost imposable to prevent his escape, as his mode of travelling from one tree to another is described to... | |
 | Thomas Little - 1828 - 286 страници
...to see him amongst trees, to estimate bis agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, be gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, and bounded,...another, with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. The rapidity of his progress equalled that of a swift horse. Even amidst the few trees, on the .spot,... | |
 | William Jardine - 1833 - 346 страници
...necessary to see him among trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty...one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of another monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost impossible to prevent... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1833 - 420 страници
...necessary to see him among trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty...one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of another monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost impossible to prevent... | |
 | 1834 - 576 страници
...the trees to estimate his strength and agility. 'On being driven to a small clump,' says Dr. Abel, ' he gained by one spring a very lofty branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving... | |
 | 1838 - 866 страници
...rest of the adventure will, however, tell better in Dr. Abel's own words : — " On being driven te a small clump, he gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, ana bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1839 - 324 страници
...moving forward. When he reached the trees, however, his behaviour was different. " On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving... | |
 | William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1840 - 438 страници
...gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch ; and so rapidly did he bound from one bough to another, that, had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost impossible to have prevented his escape. Even among the few trees that were on the spot, his movements were so quick... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 страници
...with his handa, and oocailonollT impelling himself forward by the bough of a tree. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, hi» progrès* being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving... | |
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His motion on the ground was plainly not his natural mode of progression, for even when assisted by his hands or a stick, it was slow and vacillating : it was necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. 
