| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1831 - 906 halaman
...muskets fired at a distance. The sword-fish, in their turn, attacked the distressed whale, stabbing him from below ; and thus beset on all sides and wounded,...sight of him ; and I have no doubt they, in the end, accomplished his destruction." We must now skip twelve years. Sailing from Dominica to England, the... | |
| 1831 - 644 halaman
...muskets fired at л dfltance. The sword-fish, in their turn, attacked the distressed whale, stabbing him from below; and thus beset on all sides and wounded, when the poor creature appeared, the water aronnjd him was dyed with blood. In this manner they continued tormenting and wounding him for many... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1832 - 426 halaman
...muskets fired at a distance. The sword-fish, in their turn, attacked the distressed whale, stabbing him from below ; and thus beset on all sides and wounded,...sight of him ; and I have no doubt they, in the end, accomplished his destruction. 172 г PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS. 173 SINGULAR OCCURRENCE : FIGHT... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1832 - 432 halaman
...sword-fish, in their turn, attacked the distressed whale, stabbing him from below ; and thus beset OB all sides and wounded, when the poor creature appeared,...tormenting and wounding him for many hours, until vie lost sight of him ; and I have no doubt they, in the end, accomplished bis destruction. SmorjLAR... | |
| James Wilson - 1838 - 142 halaman
...to witness a battle between several of the fish called thrashers, or fox-sharks (Carehariut vulpet), and some sword-fish on one side, and an enormous whale...wounding him for many hours, until we lost sight of him 5 and I have no doubt they in the end completed his destruction." (Quoted from Sir YarrelTs Brituh... | |
| Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1860 - 470 halaman
...beneath; and thus beset on all sides, and wounded, whenever the poor creature appeared, the water round him was dyed with blood. In this manner they continued...until we lost sight of him ; and, I have no doubt that in the end they completed his destruction." It is probably by mistaking a vessel for one of these... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 halaman
...attacked the distressed whale, stabbing from beneath, so that the water to a great distance around was dyed with blood. In this manner they continued tormenting and wounding him for many hem's, until we lost sight of him ; and I have no doubt that in the end they completed his destruction."... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 halaman
...attacked the distressed whale, stabbing from beneath, so that the water to a great distance around was dyed with blood. In this manner they continued...hours, until we lost sight of him ; and I have no doubt that in the end they completed his destruction." 15. It is probably by mistaking a vessel for one of... | |
| John George Wood - 1863 - 830 halaman
...attacked the distressed whale, striking from below, and thus beset on all sides, and wounded, where the poor creature appeared, the water around him was...hours, until we lost sight of him, and I have no doubt that they in the end completed his destruction." This strange alliance of two different fish against... | |
| John George Wood - 1863 - 840 halaman
...below, and thus beset on all sides, and wounded, where the poor creature appeared, the water arouu.l him was dyed with blood. In this manner they continued...hours, until we lost sight of him, and I have no doubt that they in the end completed his destruction." This strange alliance of two different fish against... | |
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