 No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain ; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a...  Cassell's popular natural history - Pagina 8door Cassell, ltd - 1859Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pagina’s
...head up in a corner* — When the Tortoise is attended to, it becomes an excellent barometer : when it walks elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a morning, it will, almost invariably, be found to rain before night. — Mr. White was much taken with the sagacity... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pagina’s
...length, and six and a balf io bread ih. best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and miming its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a rooming, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pagina’s
...dimensions of Its species; the ihtlt measuring ten inches in length, and six and a half in breadth. best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and...it walks elate, and, as it were on tiptoe, feeding wilh great earnestness, in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pagina’s
...a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and...and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach as well as lungs ; and can refrain from... | |
 | 1823 - 858 pagina’s
...rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first spriaklings, and cunning its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretende to stir after it becomes dark. Tbe tertobe, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pagina’s
...head up into a corner. When the Tortoise is attended to, it becomes an excellent barometer: if it walk elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a morning, there will almost invariably be rain before night. Mr. White was much pleased with the sagacity of... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 pagina’s
...of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain, as a lady dressed in her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 pagina’s
...of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain, as a lady dressed in her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pagina’s
...a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and...and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as lungs ; and can refrain from... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pagina’s
...than this creature, night and day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices... | |
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