 | Richard Joseph Sulivan (Sie) - France - 1794 - 542 pages
...equal to that of a hog's bristle. As soon as this winged assassin appears, and his buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fatigue, affright, and pain. The inhabit-* ants of Melinda, down to Cape Gardefau,... | |
 | James Bruce - Egypt - 1804 - 518 pages
...whole covered with brown hair, or down. As soon as this plague appears, and its buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth, and... | |
 | James Bruce - Egypt - 1805 - 528 pages
...whole covered with brown hair, or down. As soon as this plague appears, and its buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth, and... | |
 | History - 1807 - 1012 pages
...with brown " hair or down. ' As soon as this " plague appears, and their buzzing •• is heard, all the cattle, forsake •• their food, and run wildly about " the plain, till they die, worn out " with fatigue, fright, and hunger. '• No remedy remains for the resU " denls «n such... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1004 pages
...brown " hair or down. As soon as this ' • plague appears, and their buzzing •• is heard, all the cattle forsake ' • their food, and run wildly about *' the plain, till they die, worn out H with fatigue, fright, and hunger. " No remedy remains for the resi• '• dtnts on... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1815 - 500 pages
...whole covered with brown hair or down. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright and hunger ; for, when once attacked, the body, head and legs break... | |
 | John Leyden - Africa - 1817 - 564 pages
...to belong to the tabanus tribe. As soon as this pest appears, and their buzzing noise is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fatigue, terror, and hunger. Camels, and even elephants and rhinoceroses, though... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...placed separate like those of a fly. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy . remains for the residents on such spots,... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1818 - 568 pages
...numbers than they ever are would produce. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains for the residents on such spots but... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - Africa - 1819 - 490 pages
...humming. This plague appears when the tropical rains begin to fall; and as soon as its buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with terror, fatigue and hunger. No remedy is known but to leave the fat black earth,... | |
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As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. 
