 | England - 1833 - 1006 pages
...broken ranks of the fish, and grind in their prodigious jaws a multitude of the largest trouts,whose tails flapped about their mouths and eyes, ere they...to elude the satiated monsters; but ere we had got half way across the lake, I perceived we were pursued by two of an unusual size. From these escape... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...broken ranks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the iimnls of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuing from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful. This scene continued at intervals during the night, as the fish... | |
 | 1833 - 468 pages
..."noise of their closing jaws—their rising with their prey some feet upright above the water—the floods of foam and blood rushing out of their mouths...to elude the satiated monsters; but ere we had got half way across the lake, I perceived we were pursued by two of an unusual size. From these escape... | |
 | Scotland - 1833 - 1034 pages
...broken ranks of the fish, and grind in their prodigious jaws a multitude of the largest trouts.whose tails flapped about their mouths and eyes, ere they...Anxious to escape, I now began to paddle towards the shdre of the lagoon, ill order to land and wait till the army of fish had forced their passage, after... | |
 | James White - English fiction - 1836 - 460 pages
...wreaths. The water became thick and discoloured. Again they rose to the surface, and their jaws clapped together with a noise that echoed through the surrounding...to elude the satiated monsters ; but ere we had got half way across the lake. I perceived we were pursued by two of an unusual six^. From these escape... | |
 | James White - English fiction - 1836 - 460 pages
...swimming about in all directions. When Nemrooma saw the horrid scene, she clung convulsively to my urm, and in some degree impeded my efforts to effect our...to elude the satiated monsters ; but ere we had got half way across the lake, I perceived we were pursued by two of an unusual size. From these escape... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...broken, banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuing from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful This scene continued at intervals during tho night, as the fish... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...broken banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuii.g from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful Thisseenc continued at intervals during the... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - Nature - 1990 - 930 pages
...broken banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuing from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful. This scene continued at intervals during the night, as the fish... | |
 | Maurice O'Sullivan, Jack Lane - Fiction - 1994 - 276 pages
...broken banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuing from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful. This scene continued at intervals during the night, as the fish... | |
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... had swallowed them. The horrid noise of their closing jaws, their plunging amidst the broken banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of... 
