 I perceived that the animal was no longer able to do him any injury, I confess I could not without emotion see a man stark naked, black and bloody, clinging with arms and legs round the slimy and yet living monster. This labour, however, was not without...  Curiosities of Natural History - Page 228de Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1859 - 423 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1796 - 622 pages
...its u,fe, fince he not only dexteroufly finithed the operation, but provided me, befides die {kin, with above four gallons of fine ' clarified fat, or rather oil, though there was wailed perhaps- as much clnore.' The PLAKTAIN TREE. < This is rather a plant than a tree, as the trunk... | |
 | 1810 - 702 pages
...black and bloody, clinging with arms and legs round the slimy and yet living monster. This labour, however, was not without its use, since he not only...oil, though there was wasted perhaps as much more. This I delivered to the surgeons for the use of the wounded mea in the hospital, for which I received... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...and bloody, clinging " with his arms and legs round the slimy and yet " living monster." This labour, however, was not without its use ; since he not only dexterously finished the operation, but saved from the animal above four gallons of fine clarified far, or rather oil, which proved of much... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...clinging " with his arms and legs round the slimy and yet " liviug monster." This labour, however, was hot without its use ; since he not only dexterously finished the operation, but saved from the animal above four gallons of fine clarified fat, or rather oil, which proved of much... | |
 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1806 - 534 pages
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 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1813 - 550 pages
...black and bloody, clinging with arms and legs round the slimy and yet living monster. This labour, however, was not without its use, since he not only...oil, though there was wasted perhaps as much more. This I delivered to the surgeons at Devil's Harwar, for the use of the wounded men in the hospital,... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...black and bloody, clinging with arms and legs round the slimy and yet living monster. This labour, however, was not without its use, since he not only...oil, though there was wasted perhaps as much more. When I signified my surprise to see the snake still living;, after he was deprived of his intestines... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 514 pages
...living monster. This labour, however, was not without its use, since he not only dexterouslv fmished the operation, but provided me, besides the skin, with above four gallons of tine clarified fat, or rather oil, though there was wasted perhaps as much more. This I delivered to... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1830
...black and bloody, clinging with arms and legs round the slimy and yet living monster. This labour, however, was not without its use, since he not only...oil, though there was wasted perhaps as much more. When I signified rny surprise to see the snake still living, after he was deprived of his intestines... | |
 | 1826 - 638 pages
...black and bloody, clinging with arms and legs round the slimy and yet living monster. This lahour, however, was not without its use, since he not only...operation, but provided me, besides the skin, with ahove four gallons of fine clarified fat, or rather oil though there was wasted perhaps as much more.... | |
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