 ... as of red deer, that they have a peculiar faculty of taking advantage of the irregularities of the ground, so that on being disturbed, they may traverse the whole park, and yet you hardly get a sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get...  The Farmer's Magazine - Page 363by Rogerson and Tuxford - 1852Full view - About this book
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1838 - 706 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set off in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground...the bulls appear of a cream colour ; and they have a cry, more like that of a wild beast, than that of ordinary cattle'. With all the marks of high breeding,... | |
 | 1838 - 604 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set on in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground...are beautifully shaped, short legs, straight back, burns of a very fine texture, thin skin, so that some of the bulls appear of a cream colour ; and they... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 598 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set off in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground between you and them in the mauner that I have described. In form, they are beautifully shaped, short legs, straight back, horns... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1839 - 630 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set off in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground...beautifully shaped, short legs, straight back, horns of very fine texture, thin skin, so that some of the bulls appear of a cream colour ; and they have a... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - Animal behavior - 1841 - 610 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set off in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground...you and them in the manner that I have described. When they come down into the lower part of the park, which they do at stated hours, they move like... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...unperceived. They are of a beautiful shape, having short legs, straight backs, horns of very fine texture, and thin skin, so that some of the bulls appear of a cream colour. The earl of Tankerville states, that when they "come down into the lower part of the park, which they... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - 652 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set off in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground...you and them in the manner that I have described. When they come down into the lower part of the park, which they do at stated hours, they move like... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Durham (England : County) - 1864 - 430 pages
...was Stagshawbank Fair near Gorbridge. tifully shaped, short legs, straight back, horns of a very tine texture, thin skin so that some of the bulls appear of a cream colour, and they huve a peculiar cry, morn like that of a wild beast, than of any ordinary cattle. With all the marks... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Durham (England : County) - 1873 - 502 pages
...sight of them. Their usual mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set oft' in a walk, then a trot, and seldom begin to gallop till they have put the ground between you and them in the manner described. In form, they are beautifully shaped, short legs, straight back, horns of a very fine texture,... | |
 | Peter Anderson Graham - Northumberland (England) - 1921 - 412 pages
...mode of retreat is to get up slowly, set off at a walk, r_^-ยป";' then a trot, and seldom begin to *j0 gallop till they have put the ground between you and them in the manner that I have described." Lord Tankerville gave a description of them which could scarcely be bettered. He said : " They have... | |
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