 | 1791 - 416 pagina’s
...fometimft readies them with his trunk, with which he dalhesthe horfe againft the ground,-and then fcts his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb...foil, at this time of the year, is fplit, into deep chains, or cavities, by the heat of the fun, fo that nothing can be more dangerous than the riding.... | |
 | 1790 - 614 pagina’s
...femctimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dailies the horfe again it the ground, and then lets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb...probofcis ; a great many hunters die this way. Befides thia, the foil, at this time of the year, is fplit into deep chafms, or cavities, by the heat of the... | |
 | 1793 - 480 pagina’s
...reaches •',',' Й> em withhis trunk with which he "_ , .dailies the horfe a gai nil t he ground - ; v and then fets his feet upon him, ", till he tears...his probofcis ; a great many hunters die this way. Befidesthis, the foil, at this time of theyear, is fplit into deep chafms,or cavities, .. by the heat... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1797 - 362 pagina’s
...Dexterous, too, as the riders are, the elephant fometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dafhes the horfe againft the ground, and then fets his feet...his probofcis : a great many hunters die this way. ' Betides this, the foil, at this time of the year, is fplit into deep chafms, or cavities, by the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 pagina’s
...sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis : a great many hunters die this way. Besides this, the soil, at this time of the year, is... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 584 pagina’s
...sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis ; a great many hunters die this way. Besides this the soil, at this time of the year, is... | |
 | 1815 - 500 pagina’s
...sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis: a great many hunters die this way. Besides this, the soil, at this time of the year, is... | |
 | Josiah Priest - 1825 - 660 pagina’s
...sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis ; a great many hunters die this way. Besides this, the soil, at this time of the year, is... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pagina’s
...sometimes reaches tliem with his trunk, with which he da&hc* the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with bii proboscis, » 943 340 great many hunters die this way. Besides this, the soil at this time of the... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pagina’s
...sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis; a great many hunters die this way. Besides this, the soil at this time of the year is split... | |
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Dextrous, too, as the riders are, the elephant sometimes reaches them with his trunk, with which he dashes the horse against the ground, and then sets his feet upon him, till he tears him limb from limb with his proboscis ; *a great many hunters die this... 
