 | William Smellie - Animal behavior - 1790 - 576 pages
...They make their hooked jaws meet at the firft ftroke, and never quit their hold, but fuffer themfelves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piece after piece, without the fmalleft attempt to efcape. On the other hand, if a perfon keeps out of their reach, and gives them... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 624 pages
...they attack the leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but will suffer themselves to be pulled away piece after piece, without any attempt to escape. On the other... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1805 - 622 pages
...never quit their hold, but will suffer themselves to be pulled away piece after piece, without any attempt to escape. On the other hand, if a person...keeps out of their reach, and gives them no further di4» turbance, in less than half an hour they retire into the nest, as if they supposed the monster... | |
 | George Barrington - Canary Islands - 1810 - 512 pages
...they- attack the leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but will suffer themselves to be pulled away piece after piece, without any attempt to escape. On the other... | |
 | 1814 - 984 pages
...stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in Vol. x. NU width. width. They make iheir hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit...their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away, piece after piece, without any attempt to escape. On the other Land, if a person keeps out of their... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...it is the leg they •wound, you will see the stain upon the stocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and...quit their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled aw§y kg by leg, and piece after piece, without the least attempt to escape. On the other hand, keep... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...if it is the leg they wound, you will see the stain upon the stocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit thenhold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away by the leg, and piece after piece, without the least... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 894 pages
...leg they wound, you will see the stain upon the stocking extend an inch in 'width. They make tin ir hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit...away leg by leg, and piece after piece, without the least attempt to escape. On the other hand, keep out of their way, and give them no interruption, and... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...they attack the leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but will suffer themselves to be pulled away, piece after piece, without any attempt to escape. On the... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 526 pages
...if it is the leg they wound, you will seethe stain upon the stocking extend an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and...away leg by leg, and piece after piece, without the least attempt to escape. On the other hand, keep out of their way, and give them no interruption, and... | |
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When they attack the leg, the stain of blood upon the stocking extends more than an inch in width. They make their hooked jaws meet at the first stroke, and never quit their hold, but suffer themselves to be pulled away leg by leg, and piece after piece,... 
