Bosman, alter strangely; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes, to which colour they also incline, so that in three or four years they degenerate into very ugly creatures; and in three or four broods their barking turns into a howl. The Geographical Distribution of Mammals - Page 8by Andrew Murray - 1866 - 420 lehteFull view - About this book
| Willem Bosman - 1705 - 552 lehte
...Ears grow long and ftiff like thofe of Foxes-, to which colour alfo they encline : So that in Jiree or four Years they degenerate into very ugly Creatures ; and in three or four Broods their barkiig turns into a Howl. The Cats are alfo efteemed ufeful by the Ntgroei •, but I never found... | |
| 1760 - 238 lehte
...thofe brought from Europe foon degenerate, and their ears grow long and ftiff like thofe of foxes, and in three or four broods, their barking turns into a howl. Among the wild beafts, there are incredible numbers of deer all along the Gold Coafl, efpecialiy at... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1814 - 942 lehte
...here ; their ears grow long and ftiff, like thofe of foxes, to which colour alfo they incline ; fo that in three or four years they degenerate into very...three or four broods their barking turns into a howl. The cats are alfo efteemed ufeful by the Negroes, but I never found that they eat them, unlefs forced... | |
| William Winwood Reade - 1864 - 476 lehte
...alter strangely here ; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes, to which color also they incline, so that in three or four years they degenerate...three or four broods their barking turns into a howl." There is a family resemblance between all the dogs of Western Africa. The dogs of Senegambia are good-sized... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1876 - 508 lehte
...limbs more slender. So again on the coast of Guinea, dogs, according to Bosman, " alter strangely ; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes,...three or four broods their barking turns into a howl." '6 This remarkable tendency to rapid deterioration in European dogs subjected to the climate of India... | |
| Charles Clement Coe - 1895 - 648 lehte
...as well as their masters, alter under the baleful climate.' ' In process of time,' writes Bosman, ' our dogs alter strangely here : their ears grow long...changed their nature when planted in the African soil.'" — (Andrew Murray. The Geographical Distribution of Mammals, p. 8.) "The effects of the climate of... | |
| George John Romanes - 1895 - 376 lehte
...strangely ; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes, to which colour they also incline . . . and in three or four broods their barking turns into a howl V Darwin gives numerous facts showing the effects of climate on horses, cattle, and sheep, in altering,... | |
| 1896 - 484 lehte
...mentioned as occurring in dogs on the coast of Guinea. According to Bosman, " they alter strangely ; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes,...creatures ; and in three or four broods their barking changes into a howl.-r I will just mention, before leaving the subject of the dog, the curious case... | |
| Horace Middleton Vernon - 1902 - 442 lehte
...slender, and their size inferior. On the coast of Guinea, " dogs, according to Bosman, alter strangely; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes,...three or four broods their barking turns into a howl." Darwin considers this tendency to rapid deterioration in European dogs may be largely attributed to... | |
| Horace Middleton Vernon - 1902 - 440 lehte
...slender, and their size inferior. On the coast of Guinea, " dogs, according to Bosnian, alter strangely; their ears grow long and stiff like those of foxes,...three or four broods their barking turns into a howl." Darwin considers this tendency to rapid deterioration in European dogs may be largely attributed to... | |
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