 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 524 pages
...to them ; and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awake presently. But they •were seldom in a hurry to get away, till...tumble over one another into the sea in the utmost confusiom And if we did not, at. the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...to them, and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awake presently. But they were seldom in a hurry to get away, till after they had once been fired at. Then they would tumble one over the other, into the sea, in the utmost confusion.... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...to them, and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awake presently. "But they were seldom in a hurry to get away, till after they had once been fired at. Then they would tumble one over the other, into the sea, in the utmost confusion.... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1815 - 476 pages
...or bray very loud. Some of the herd were always upon the watch, and presently gave the alarm, though they were seldom in a hurry to get away till after they had been once fired at; then they would tumble one over another into the sea, in the utmost confusion. They did not appear... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 524 pages
...to them ; and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awake presently. But they were seldom in a hurry to get away, till...would tumble over one another into the sea, in the greatest confusion. And if we did not, at the first discharge kill those we fired at, we generally... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 526 pages
...to them, and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awake presently. But they were seldom in a hurry to get away, till after they had once been fired at. Then they would tumble one over the other, into the sea, in the utmost confusion.... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 1178 pages
...vicinity of the ice before we could see it. \Ve never found the whole herd asleep, some being always on the watch. These, at the approach of the boat, would...the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did not, on the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. Vast... | |
 | Birds - 1834 - 700 pages
...vicinity of the ice before we could see it. We never found the whole herd asleep, some being always on the watch. These, at the approach of the boat, would...the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did not, on the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. Vast... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - Pinnipedia - 1839 - 406 pages
...vicinity of the ice before we could see it. They were set* A pud Pennant, in Arctic Regions, 149. dom in a hurry to get away, till after they had been once fired at, when they would tumble over each other into the sea, in the utmost confusion. Vastnumbers of them would... | |
 | Natural history - 1840 - 180 pages
...to them ; and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awake presently : but they were seldom in a hurry to get away till after...at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. The dam, when in the water, holds the young one between her fore arms. From all accounts, the Walrus... | |
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Then they would tumble one over the other into the sea. in the utmost confusion. And if we did not, at the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. 
