 Without doubt several hundred thousand animals thus perished in the river ; their bodies when putrid were seen floating down the stream ; and many in all probability were deposited in the estuary of the Plata. All the small rivers became highly saline)...  A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere - Page 34by William Berryman Scott - 1913 - 693 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1845 - 454 lehte
...open country the landmarks became obliterated, and people could not tell the limits of their estates. I was informed by an eye-witness that the cattle,...upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in the Pampas were paved with a breccia of bones, but this probably... | |
 | 1845 - 478 lehte
...open country the landmarks became obliterated, and people could not tell the limits of their estates. I was informed by an eye-witness that the cattle,...upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in the Pampas were paved with a breccia of bones, but this probably... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - 396 lehte
...open country the landmarks became obliterated, and people could not tell the limits of their estates. I was informed by an eyewitness that the cattle in...those which followed. He adds, that more than once he * Travels, vol. i., p. 374. has seen the carcasses of upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed.... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 lehte
...recover. Azara, describes the fury of the wild horses on a similar occasion, rushing into the marshui, those which arrived first being overwhelmed and crushed...those which followed. He adds, that more than once be has seen the carcasses of upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed, I noticed thnt the smaller... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 lehte
...open country the landmarks became obliterated, and people could not tell the limits of their estates. I was informed by an eye-witness that the cattle in...upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in the Pampas were paved with a breccia of bones, but this probably... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 lehte
...The arm of the river which runs by San Pedro was so full of putrid carcasses, that the master of n vessel told me that the smell rendered it quite impassable....those which followed. He adds, that more than once he lias seen the carcasses of upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 546 lehte
...some troops at Ellore, and that a hare drank out of a vessel held by the adjutant of the regimeut. drowned. The arm of the river which runs by San Pedro...upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in the Pampas were paved with a breccia of bones, but this probably... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - 586 lehte
...of the wild horses on a similar occasion, rushing into the marshes, those which arrived first beingr overwhelmed and ' crushed by those which followed....upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in the Pampas were paved with a breccia of bones, but this probably... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 lehte
...some troops at Ellore, and that a hare drank out of ii vessel held by the adjutant of the regiment. and thus were drowned. The arm of the river which...upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in the Pampas were paved with a breccia of bones, but this probably... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - 462 lehte
...in particular spots ; for when an animal drinks of such water it does not recover. Azara describes t the fury of the wild horses on a similar occasion,...followed. He adds that more than once he has seen the carcases of upwards of a thousand wild horses thus destroyed. I noticed that the smaller streams in... | |
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