| Richard Joseph Sulivan (Sie) - 1794 - 542 pàgines
...equal to that of a hog's bristle. As soon as this winged assassin appears, and his buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fatigue, affright, and pain. The inhabit-* ants of Melinda, down to Cape Gardefau,... | |
| James Bruce - 1804 - 518 pàgines
...whole covered with brown hair, or down. As soon as this plague appears, and its buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth,... | |
| James Bruce - 1805 - 528 pàgines
...whole covered with brown hair, or down. As soon as this plague appears, and its buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 1004 pàgines
...brown " hair or down. As soon as this ' • plague appears, and their buzzing •• is heard, all the cattle forsake ' • their food, and run wildly about *' the plain, till they die, worn out H with fatigue, fright, and hunger. " No remedy remains for the resi• '• dtnts... | |
| 1807 - 1012 pàgines
...with brown " hair or down. ' As soon as this " plague appears, and their buzzing •• is heard, all the cattle, forsake •• their food, and run wildly about " the plain, till they die, worn out " with fatigue, fright, and hunger. '• No remedy remains for the resU " denls... | |
| 1815 - 500 pàgines
...whole covered with brown hair or down. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright and hunger ; for, when once attacked, the body, head and legs... | |
| John Leyden - 1817 - 564 pàgines
...to belong to the tabanus tribe. As soon as this pest appears, and their buzzing noise is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fatigue, terror, and hunger. Camels, and even elephants and rhinoceroses, though... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pàgines
...placed separate like those of a fly. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy . remains for the residents on such... | |
| William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 568 pàgines
...numbers than they ever are would produce. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains for the residents on such spots... | |
| Catherine Hutton - 1819 - 490 pàgines
...humming. This plague appears when the tropical rains begin to fall; and as soon as its buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with terror, fatigue and hunger. No remedy is known but to leave the fat black earth,... | |
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