 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1825 - 602 lehte
...emptied by the jaguar-tigers. These animals follow the arraus toward the beaches, where the laying of the eggs is to take place. They surprise them on the sand;...in one night, the Indians often avail themselves of bis cunning and malignant avidity. When we reflect on the difficulty that the naturalist finds in getting... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1834 - 400 lehte
...animals follow the arraus towards the beaches, when the laying of eggs is to take place. They surprize them on the sand ; and in order to devour them at their ease, turn them in Mich a manner that the under shell is uppermost. In this situation the turtles cannot rise; and as... | |
 | 586 lehte
...emptied by them. They follow the turtles towards the beaches, where the laying of eggs is to take place, surprise them on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, adroitly turn them on their backs ; and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the... | |
 | 1851 - 682 lehte
...emptied by them. They follow the turtles towards the beaches, where the laying of eggs is to take place, surprise them on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, adroitly turn them on their backs ; and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 lehte
...emptied by them. They follow the turtles towards the beaches, where the laying of eggs is to take place, surprise them on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, adroitly turn them on their backs ; and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the... | |
 | Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming - 1869 - 310 lehte
...emptied by them. They follow the turtles toward the beach, where the laying of eggs is to take place, surprise them on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, adroitly turn them on their backs ; and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1870 - 496 lehte
...emptied by them. They follow the turtles toward the beaches where the laying of eggs is to take place, surprise them on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, adroitly turn them on their backs ; and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1917 - 962 lehte
...fresh-water turtle) toward those places on the beach where the eggs are laid. They surprise the arraus on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, turn them in such a manner that the undershell is uppermost. In this situation the turtles can not rise, and as the jaguar turns many,... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 874 lehte
...emptied by them. They follow the turtles toward the beaches, where the laying of eggs is to take place, surprise them on the sand, and in order to devour them at their ease, adroitly turn them on their backs ; and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the... | |
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... and as they turn many more than they can devour in one night, the Indians often profit by their cunning. The jaguar pursues the turtle quite into the water, and when not very deep... 