 ... strongest of the flock. They attack in regular order of battle : they fight with courage, and mutually support each other ; they retire, they rally, and seldom give up after one defeat. The combat is frequently renewed for...  A General History of Quadrupeds - Page 130by Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 483 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horse racing - 1793 - 470 pages
...pofTeffion of fome favourite part of the park : each party has it» leader, which is always the oldeft and ftrongeft of the flock. They attack in regular order of battle, fight with courage, and mutually fupport «ach other: they retire, they rally, and felrlom give up... | |
 | William Winterbotham - America - 1799 - 576 pages
...pofleffion of fome favourite part of the park : each party has its leader, which is always the oldeft and ftrongeft of the flock ; they attack in regular...way, and leave the conquerors in pofleffion of the objeft of their contention. In the United States thefe animals are larger than in Europe, of a different... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...some favourite part of the park : each party has its leader, which is always the oldest and strongest of the flock. They attack in regular order of battle : they fight with courage, and mutually support each other ; they retire, they rally, and seldom give up after one defeat. The combat is frequently... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...SYNONYMS. Cervus dama. Linn. — Le Daim. Buffbn .— Bingley't Mem. of Brit. Quad. PI. 37. strongest of the flock. They attack in regular order of battle ; they fight with courage, and mutually support each other ; they retire, they rally, and seldom give up after one defeat. The combat is frequently... | |
 | 1839 - 532 pages
...give up after one defeat. The combat is frequently renewed for many days together ; till after several defeats, the weaker party is obliged to give way, and leave the conquerors in possession of the object of contention. As the buck is a more delicate animal than the stag, so also... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...they rally, and seldom give up after one defeat. The combat is frequently renewed, till, after several defeats, the weaker party is obliged to give way, and leave the conquerors in possession of the object of their contention. In obtaining their food, ingenuity is frequently displayed.... | |
 | Mark Merriwell (pseud) - 1848 - 290 pages
...give up after one defeat. The combat is frequently renewed for several days together, till, after many defeats, the weaker party is obliged to give way, and leave the conquerors in possession of the object of their contention. The Roebuck, like the stag, is now rarely met with in... | |
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