| William Stevenson - 1824 - Broj stranica: 674
...beasts : " As soon as the buzzing of this insect is heard, the utmost alarm and trepidation prevails ; the cattle forsake their food and run wildly about the plain, till at length they fall down, worn out with terror, hunger and fatigue ; even the camel, elephant and rhinoceros,... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - Broj stranica: 674
...beasts : " As soon as the buzzing of this insect is heard, .the utmost alarm and trepidation prevails ; the cattle forsake their food and run wildly about the plain, till at length they fall down, worn out with terror, hunger and fatigue ; even the camel, elephant and rhinoceros,... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - Broj stranica: 686
...beasts : " As soon as the buzzing of this insect is heard, the utmost alarm and trepidation prevails ; the cattle forsake their food and run wildly about the plain, till at length they fall down, worn out with terror, hunger and fatigue; even the camel, elephant and rhinoceros,... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - Broj stranica: 598
...inside, and the 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...leave the black earth, and hasten down to the sands of Atbara ; and there they remain, while the rains last, this cruel enemy never daring to pursue them... | |
| Esther Copley - 1828 - Broj stranica: 464
...certain destruction of the creature. When swarms of these creatures make their appearance, the terrified cattle forsake their food and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out by fatigue and hunger ; or else flee to the sandy desert, whither the flies cannot pursue them, but... | |
| Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - Broj stranica: 424
...greater 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 plains till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains for the residents... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - Broj stranica: 518
...in his Travels in Africa, says, " 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 are worn out with fatigue, fright, and pain." I shall feel obliged if any of your correspondents can... | |
| James Rennie - 1830 - Broj stranica: 440
...sound or buzzing of this insect ; it is a jarring noise together with a humming, which as soon as it 'is heard all the cattle forsake their food and run...they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. I have found," he adds, "some of these tubercles upon almost every elephant and rhinoceros that I have... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - Broj stranica: 560
...formidable from its immense numbers ; and the buzzing sound of its arrival is no sooner heard than the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they actually die from fear, pain, and fatigue. The camel, whose patience under every other affliction is... | |
| William Greenfield - 1831 - Broj stranica: 310
...it appears to be of the bee kind. As soon as this winged assassin appears, and its buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with affright, fatigue, and pain.f How intolerable a plague of flies can prove, is evident from the fact,... | |
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