 ... the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...  The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal - Page 2411820Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...a long time they seem to prove victorious. Several borses sink beneath the violence of the invisible strokes, which they receive from all sides in organs... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1819 - 602 pages
...cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pooL The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...themselves by the repeated discharge of their electric * Properly to tet to ticrp, or , . cote the fisb by means of horses. batteries. During a long time... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1819 - 590 pages
...cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...themselves by the repeated discharge of their electric * Properly to let to ileep, or intusicate the fish by means of horsei. 348 batteries. During a long... | |
 | South America - 1822 - 194 pages
...cries and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The Eels, stunned by the noise, defend...the repeated discharge of their Electric Batteries, and during a long time, seem to prove victorious. Several horses sink beneath the violence of the shocks,... | |
 | Science - 1820 - 486 pages
...of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. .Tile eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the...seem to prove victorious. Several horses sink beneath tho violence of the invisible strokes, which they receive from all sides in organs the most essential... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pages
...cries, and the length of their reeds, thry prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...repeated discharge of their electric batteries. During a lone; time they seem to prove victorious. Several horses sink beneath the violence of the invisible... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...cries and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the repented discharge of their electric batteries!. During a long time they seem to prove victorious.... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...will answer length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...their electric batteries. During a long time they scern to prove victorious. Several horses sink beneath the violence of the invisible strokes, which... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...themselves by the repeated discharge of their electric power, and during a long time they seem to prove victorious. Several horses sink beneath the violence... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...cries and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend...receive from all sides in organs the most essential tu life; and stunned by the force and frequency of the shocks, disappear under the water. Others, panting,... | |
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