 In a letter, printed in the German Ephemerides, we have an account of a combat between an enormous serpent and a buffalo, by a person, who assures us that he was himself a spectator. The serpent had for some time been waiting near the brink of a pool,...  Curiosities of Natural History - Page 342de Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1865 - 362 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...and a buffalo, by a pcrlon who afTtires us that he was himfelf a fpectator. The ferpent had for fome time been waiting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the firft that offered. Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it inftamly began to wrap it round '... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1793 - 418 pages
...a perfon, who allures us, that he was himielf a fpectator. The ferpent had, vot. v. H for for fome time, been waiting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the firft that offered. Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it inftantly began to wrap it round with... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...perfon who aflures us that he was himfHf a fpecfcator- The ferp.nt had, for fome time, been waitfcig, near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey; when a buffaloe was the fir ft that offered. Having darted upon tne affrighted animal, it inftantly began... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...has been known to kill and devour a buffalo. In a letter printed in the German Ephemerides we have an account of a combat between an enormous serpent...near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; * Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. iii. when a buffalo was the first animal that appeared. Having darted upon... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...has been known to kill and devour a buffalo. In a letter printed in the German Ephemerides, we have an account of a combat between an enormous serpent...a spectator. The serpent had, for some time, been watting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the first animal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...of them will destroy and devour a buffalo. In a letter, printed in the German Ephemerides, we have an account of a combat between an enormous serpent...expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the first that offered. Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it instantly began to wrap it round with its... | |
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...German Epbemerides, we have an account of a combat between one of these huge serpents and a builalo, by a person who assures us, that he was himself a...waiting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of prey, when a buffalo was the first animal that appeared. Having darted on the affrighted lira-!, it... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...one of them will destroy and devour a buffalo. In a letter printed in the German Ephemerides, we have an account of a combat between an enormous serpent...himself a spectator. The serpent had for some time been waitirg near the brink of a pool in expectation of its rrey, when a buffalo was the first that offered.... | |
 | 1824 - 188 pages
...of a combat between an enormous.sorpent and a buffalo. The serpent had for some lime, been wailing, near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo wa« the rirst animal that appeared. Having darted upon the affrighted beast, it instantly began to... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...one of them will destroy and devour a buffalo. In a letter printed in the German Ephemerides, we have an account of a combat between an enormous Serpent...brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a baffalo was the first that offered. Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it instantly began to... | |
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