 | James Weddell - 1827 - 374 страници
...from meeting men ; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed, and skinned ; but latterly they had acquired habits for counteracting...precipitate themselves into the water. The agility of these creatures is much greater than, from their appearance, an observer would anticipate. I have seen... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1839 - 414 страници
...danger from meeting men ; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed and skinned ; but, latterly, they had acquired habits for counteracting...themselves into the water. The agility of this creature is almost greater than, from its appearance, an observer would anticipate. I have seen them, indeed, often... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1839 - 406 страници
...danger from meeting men ; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed and skinned ; but, latterly, they had acquired habits for counteracting...themselves into the water. The agility of this creature is almost greater than, from its appearance, an observer would anticipate. I have seen them, indeed, often... | |
 | John Timbs - 1839 - 446 страници
...their neighbours were killed and skinned : but latterly they had acquired the habit of preparing for danger by placing themselves on rocks, from which...precipitate themselves into the water. The agility of the creature is much greater than, from its appearance, an observer would anticipate. I have seen them,... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1860 - 490 страници
...danger from meeting men ; in fact, they would He still while their neighbours were killed and skinned ; but, latterly, they had acquired habits for counteracting...themselves into the water. The agility of this creature is almost greater than, from its appearance, an observer would anticipate. I have seen them, indeed, often... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 страници
...danger from meeting men : in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed and skinned ; but latterly they had acquired habits for counteracting...a moment precipitate themselves into the water."* At the Falklands they select rocky spite of land running far out into the sea, and one of the old males... | |
 | Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration - 1895 - 454 страници
...danger from meeting men; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbors were killed and skinned; but latterly they had acquired habits for counteracting...themselves into the water. The agility of this creature is almost greater than, from its appearance, an observer would anticipate. I have seen them, indeed, often... | |
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When these South Shetland Seals were first visited, they had no apprehension of danger from meeting men ; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed and skinned ; but, latterly, they had acquired habits for counteracting danger,... 