It is natural that the effect felt by the horses should be more powerful than that produced upon man by the touch of the same fish at only one of his extremities. The horses are probably not killed, but only stunned. They are drowned from the impossibility... Humboldt's travels and discoveries in South America - Page 116by Alexander von Humboldt - 1840 - 278 lehteFull view - About this book
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 lehte
...INDIAN GIBL IN TBE LLANOS. 115 prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. The travellers had little doubt that the fishing would terminate...diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They required a long rest, and abundant nourishment, to repair the galvanic force which they lost. The mules... | |
| 1820 - 468 lehte
...horses are probably not killed, but only etunncd. They are drowned from the impossibility of rising amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses...killing successively all the animals engaged ; but byt degrees the impetuosity of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. They... | |
| 1822 - 194 lehte
...long strug gle between the other horses and the Eels. There was litlle doubt that this cruel mode of fishing woul'd terminate, by killing successively...of this .unequal combat diminished, and the wearied eels dispersed. They require a long rest, and abundant nourishment to repair what they have lost of... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 lehte
...fishing would end in the successive destruction of all the animals engaged. By degrees, however, the heat of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied...They require a long rest and abundant nourishment to recover their loss of galvanic power. The mules and horses began to lose their excessive terror. The... | |
| 1825 - 448 lehte
...horses are probably not killed, but only stunned. They are drowned from the impossihility of rising amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses...terminate by killing successively all the animals engaged; No. 17. N. s. N IHII by degrees the impetuosity of the unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gyinnoti... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 lehte
...humane conductors of this exhibition had succeeded in drowning two horses, and M. Humboldt imagined that the fishing would terminate by killing successively...combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed. On the fish approaching the edge of the marsh, they were readily taken by means of a small harpoon,... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 lehte
...horses are probably not killed, but only stunned. They are drowned from the impossibility of rising amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses...engaged ; but by degrees the impetuosity of this unequal contest diminished, and the wearied Gymnoti dispersed. They require a long rest,* and abundant nourishment,... | |
| 1832 - 670 lehte
...horses are probably not killed, but only stunned. They are drowned from the impossibility of rising amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses...eels. " We had little doubt that the fishing would termi. nate by killing successively all the animals engaged ; but, by degrees, the impetuosity of this... | |
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