 The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till it had an opportunity to lay hold of a tuft of grass, by...  The American Naturalist - Page 801871Full view - About this book
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground, till...leathern 'defences which have been mentioned. ' The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which ita whole appearance,... | |
 | John Malcolm - 1827 - 328 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | 1827 - 684 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground, till...with the leathern defences which have been mentioned. Oritntal Herald, Vol. 18. G ' The next time the falcon u-ns flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary... | |
 | 1830 - 426 lehte
...of a tuft of grass, by which it was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whoso efforts to escape would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leather defences which I have mentioned. " ' The next tune the falcon was flown gave us a proof of... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1830 - 266 lehte
...of a tuft of grass, by which it was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leather defences which I have mentioned. " The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground, till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 446 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground, till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown gave us proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | 1833 - 764 lehte
...was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape would, I do think, have torn tlie hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences before mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - 208 lehte
...by which it was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape would, I do think, have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences before mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage... | |
 | 1842 - 352 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground, till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown gave us proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
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