 | 1827 - 456 pagina’s
...tail from the body. They are afterwards cut up in large pieces, and boiled whole in a good qnantity of water, from the surface of which the fat is collected...a camp for the purpose, and by morning has the oil rendered. I have frequently been very much amused when fishing in a bayou, where alligators were numerous,... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pagina’s
...tall from the body. They are afterwards cut up in large pieces, and boiled whole in a good qnantity of water, from the surface of which the fat is collected...evening, prepares his fire in the woods, where he haserected a camp for the purpose, and by morning has the oil rendered. I have frequently been very... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pagina’s
...the nights and earlier part of the day, the Alligators leave the lakes to seek for winter quarters, by burrowing under the roots of trees, or covering...a camp for the purpose, and by morning has the oil rendered. " I have frquently been very much amused when fishing in a bayou, where Alligators were numerous,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 238 pagina’s
...sit or ride on one, would not be more difficult than for a child to mount his wooden rocking horse. " The negroes, who now kill them, put all danger aside,...the purpose, and by morning has the oil extracted. " I have frequently been very much amused when fishing in a bayou, where Alligators were numerous,... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1839 - 934 pagina’s
...in large pieces, and boiled whole in a good quantity of water, from the surface of which the fat ia collected with large ladles. One single man kills...a camp for the purpose, and by morning has the oil rendered. ' I have frequently been very much amused when fishing in a bayou, where alligators were... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1843 - 866 pagina’s
...themselves simply with earth along their edges. They become then very languid and inactive, and, ni this period, to sit or ride on one would not be more...a camp for the purpose, and by morning has the oil rendered. ' I have frequently been very much amused when fishing in a bayou, where alligators were... | |
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1852 - 434 pagina’s
...from the sur-face of which the fat is collected with large ladles. One man oftentimes kills a dozen large alligators in the evening, prepares his fire...erected a camp for the purpose, and by morning has the ou rendered. I have frequently been very much amused when fish-ing in a bayou where alligators were... | |
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They become then very languid and inactive, and, ni this period, to sit or ride on one would not be more difficult than for a child to mount his wooden" rocking-horse. The negroes, who now kill them, put all danger aside, by separating, at one blow with... 