 | Popular history - 1843 - Страниц: 434
...never found one dead without some such apparent cause. " The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a...struck dead. I frequently got on their backs, and then upon giving a few raps on the hinder part of the shell, they would rise up, and walk away ; but I found... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - Страниц: 532
...never found one dead without some, such apparent cause. The inhabitants believe that these animals, are absolutely deaf ; certainly they do not. overhear...struck dead. I frequently got on their backs, and then, upon giving a few raps on the hinder part of the shell, they would rise up and walk away ; but I found... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 1040
...never found one dead without some such apparent cause. The inhabitants believe that these animals, are absolutely deaf ; certainly they do not overhear a...deep hiss fall to the ground with a heavy sound, as rf struck dead. I frequently got on their backs, and then, upon giving a few raps on the hinder part... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 524
...never found one dead without some such apparent cause. The inhabitants believe that these animals, are absolutely deaf ; certainly they do not overhear a...deep hiss fall to the ground with a heavy sound, as h' struck dead. I frequently gotxon their backs, and then, upon giving a few raps on the hinder part... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 602
...Darwin declares with certainty that they do not overhear a person walking close behind them. He was amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters...quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant he .passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss, fall to the ground with a... | |
 | Robert Patterson - 1849 - Страниц: 282
...They believe," says Mr. Darwin, " that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not hear a person walking close behind them. I was always amused,...struck dead. I frequently got on their backs, and then, upon giving a few raps on the hinder part of the shell, they would rise up and walk away ; but I found... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - Страниц: 308
...never found one dead without some such apparent cause. The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a...quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant 1 passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss, fall to the ground with a heavy... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 602
...Darwin declares with certainty that they do not overhear a person walking close behind them. He was amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters...quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant he passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss, fall to the ground with a... | |
 | 1851 - Страниц: 640
...overhear a person walking close behind them. He was amused, when overtaking one of these great monitors, as it was quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant he passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and, uttering a deep hiss, fall to the ground with a... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1852 - Страниц: 446
...Darwin declares with certainty that they do not overhear a person walking close behind them. He was amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters...quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant he passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss, fall to the ground with a... | |
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I was always amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters as it was quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant I passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss fall to the ground with a heavy sound, as if struck... 
