 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - Страниц: 1160
...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...of these huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning, after having drunk their fill. When the... | |
 | Peter Young - 2003 - Страниц: 212
...long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate off in every direction from the wells even 18 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;... | |
 | Discovery - 2005 - Страниц: 40
...the central parks, and at a considerable height. The tortoises, therefore, when thirsty, arc obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and wellbeaten...off in every direction from the wells down to the scacoast. When the tortoise arrives in the spring, he buries his head in the water above his eyes,... | |
 | Paul D. Stewart - 2006 - Страниц: 260
...protected from the worst ravages of mariners and colonists, he also found springs swarming with tortoises. 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. When the... | |
 | Paul Colinvaux - 2007 - Страниц: 384
...went to drink. Darwin called these "wells" and describes the long journeys to them taken by tortoises: "Broad and well-beaten paths branch off in every direction from the wells down to the sea coast. . . . When the tortoise arrives at the spring, quite regardless of any spectator, he buries... | |
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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. 
