 When Captain Head was travelling across the Pampas of South America, " his guide one day suddenly stopped him, and, pointing high into the air, cried out ' A lion !' Surprised at such an exclamation, accompanied with such an act, he turned up his eyes,...  A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophyper sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1851Visualització de fragments - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1831 - 594 pàgines
...your correspondent LD ; he will find it at p. M-. " In Captain Head's amusing and vivid description of his journey across the Pampas of South America occurs an anecdote qiiite in point. H» guide one day suddenly stopped him, and, pointing high into the air, cried out... | |
 | William Thomson (abp. of York.) - 1849 - 424 pàgines
...pointing high into the air, cried out c A lion ! ' Surprifed at fuch an exclamation, accompanied with fuch an act, he turned up his eyes, and with difficulty perceived, at an immeafurable height, a flight of condors foaring in circles in a particular fpot. Beneath this fpot,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 pàgines
...vivid description of his Journey across the Pampas of South America, he tells us that one day his guide suddenly stopped him, and pointing high into the air,...Lion !" Surprised at such an exclamation, accompanied by such an act, he turned up his eyes and with difficulty perceived at an immeasurable height a flight... | |
 | William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 344 pàgines
...from Capt. Head's amusing and vivid description of his journey across the pampas of South America. "His guide one day suddenly stopped him, and pointing...eyes, and with difficulty perceived at an immeasurable hight, a flight of condors soaring in circles over a particular spot. Beneath that spot, far out of... | |
 | William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 316 pàgines
...description of his journey across the pampas of South America. "His guide one day suddenly.stopped him, and pointing high into the air, cried out ' a...eyes, and with difficulty perceived at an immeasurable hight, a flight of condors soaring in circles over a particular spot. Beneath that spot, far out of... | |
 | 1853 - 638 pàgines
...very striking illustration : " When Captain Head was travelling across the Pampas of South America, his guide one day suddenly stopped him, and pointing...such an exclamation, accompanied with such an act, lie turned up his eyes, and with difficulty perceived, at an immeasurable height, a flight of condors... | |
 | William Thomson - 1857 - 416 pàgines
...simple, we may examine an example. When Captain Head was travelling across the Pampas of South America, " his guide one day suddenly stopped him, and, pointing...condors soaring in circles in a particular spot. Beneath this spot, far out of sight of himself or guide, lay the carcass of a horse, and over that carcass... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 272 pàgines
...description of his journey across the Pampas of South America, he tells us, that one day, his guide suddenly stopped him, and pointing high into the air,...Lion !" Surprised at such an exclamation, accompanied by such an act, he turned up his eyes, and with difficulty perceived, at an immeasurable height, a... | |
 | William Thomson - 1859 - 366 pàgines
...simple, we may examine an example. When Captain Head was travelling across the Pampas of South America, " his guide one day suddenly stopped him, and, pointing...condors soaring in circles in a particular spot. Beneath this spot, far out of sight of himself or guide, lay the carcass of a horse, and over that carcass... | |
 | William Thomson - 1863 - 354 pàgines
...simple, we may examine an example. When Captain Head was travelling across the Pampas of South America, " his guide one day suddenly stopped him, and, pointing...condors soaring in circles in a particular spot. Beneath this spot, far out of sight of hi mself or guide, lay the carcass of a horse, and over that carcass... | |
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