 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - Страниц: 830
...long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate off in every direction from the wells, even down to the sea-coast ; and the Spaniards, by following...imagine what animal travelled so methodically along the well-chosen tracks. "Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these great... | |
 | G. Garratt - 1862 - Страниц: 462
...long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate off in every direction from the wells, even down to the sea-coast, and the Spaniards by following...imagine what animal travelled so methodically along the well-chosen tracks. Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these great monsters... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - Страниц: 830
...considerable elevation. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate in every direction from the wells, even down to the sea-coast ; and the Spaniards, by following...them up, first discovered the watering-places. When landed at Chatham Island, I could not imagine what animal travelled so methodically along the well-beaten... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - Страниц: 840
...Hence hwd and well-beaten paths radiate in every direction from the wells, even down to the M-cwat ; and the Spaniards, by following them up, first discovered the watering-places. When landed at Chatham Island, I could not imagine what animal travelled so methodically along the well-beaten... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - Страниц: 758
...from a long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate in every direction from the wells even down to the sea-coast, and the Spaniards, by following...them up, first discovered the watering-places. When landed at Chatham Island, I could not imagine what animal traveled so methodically along the well-chosen... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - Страниц: 586
...considerable height. The tortoises, therefore, which frecfuent the lower districts, when thirsty, are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten...springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of the?e huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning,... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1876 - Страниц: 386
...often wallow in the mud. Those which frequent the lower districts travel long distances when thirsty ; hence broad and well-beaten paths branch off in every direction from the sea coast. Many of the old voyayeurs and buccaneers were thus able to find water when every other means... | |
 | Lord George Granville Campbell - 1877 - Страниц: 580
...considerable height. The tortoises, therefore, which frequent the lower districts, when thirsty, are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten...off in every direction from the wells down to the sea coast ; and the Spaniards by following them up, first discovered the watering-places. Near the... | |
 | Lord George Granville Campbell - 1877 - Страниц: 568
...considerable height. The tortoises, therefore, which frequent the lower districts, when thirsty, are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths branch olf in every direction from the wells down to the sea coast ; and the Spaniards by following them up,... | |
 | Aristoteles - 1882 - Страниц: 318
...describes them as wearing broad and well-beaten paths to the springs iji Chatham Island, and adds : " Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold...of these huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards 'with outstretched necks, and another set returning after having drunk their fill. When the... | |
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Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning, after having drunk their fill. 
