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The Armadillo | 99 |
The Bear | 133 |
The | 163 |
Reynard the Fox and Dame Ereswine | 197 |
The Coyote | 203 |
Contributors | 235 |
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Página 74 - ... noise, like that which is made by forcing a heavy plank with violence upon the ground, and may be heard at a great distance. But what is yet more surprising to a stranger, is the incredible loud and terrifying roar, which they are capable of making, especially in the spring season, their breeding time.
Página 74 - Behold him rushing forth from the flags and reeds. His enormous body swells. His plaited tail, brandished high, floats upon the lake. The waters like a cataract descend from his opening jaws. Clouds of smoke issue from his dilated nostrils. The earth trembles with his thunder.
Página 15 - For, in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. Eagles have been found in all countries, but the turkey was peculiar to ours...
Página 15 - I am on this account not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For in truth the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.
Página 176 - Herden thise hennes crie and maken wo. And out at dores stirten they anon, And syen the fox toward the grove gon, And bar upon his bak the cok away, And cryden, 'Out! harrow! and weyl-away! Ha! ha! the fox!
Página 74 - I was attacked on all sides, several endeavouring to overset the canoe. My situation now became precarious to the last degree: two very large ones attacked me closely, at the same instant, rushing up with their heads and part of their bodies above the water, roaring terribly and belching floods of water over me. They struck their jaws together so close to my ears, as almost to stun me, and I expected every moment to be dragged out of the boat and instantly devoured.
Página 177 - Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran, And eek with staves many another man; Ran Colle...
Página 72 - Supplement to a memoir concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the rattlesnake and other North American serpents, in a letter to professor Zimmerman of Brunswick, in Germany — octavo, 38 pages, 1800.
Página 54 - Tis curious and amazing to observe how distinct and independent of each other the rattles of this animal are, and yet how firmly they are united together so as to be never separated except by breaking them to pieces. One of these rattles, singly, is incapable of producing a sound ; but the ringing of thirteen together is sufficient to alarm the boldest man living.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | American Wildlife in Symbol and Story |
| Autor | Jay Mechling |
| Editores | Angus K. Gillespie, Jay Mechling |
| Edição | ilustrada |
| Editora | Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 157233259X, 9781572332591 |
| Número de páginas | 262 páginas |
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