Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume 4John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1840 |
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Page 217 - The hand that built the firmament hath heaved And smoothed these verdant swells, and sown their slopes With herbage, planted them with island groves, And hedged them round with forests. Fitting floor For this magnificent temple of the sky — With flowers whose glory and whose multitude Rival the constellations...
Page 82 - I instantly put spurs to my horse, and with my attendants gave chase. After an unrelaxed gallop of full three miles we came up with the dog, who was then within a short stretch of the creature he pursued, and to my surprise, and at first vexation, I saw it to be an ass ; but...
Page 83 - I was informed by the mehmendar, who had been in the desert, when making a pilgrimage to the shrine of Ali, that the wild ass of Irak Arabi differs in nothing from the one I had just seen. He had observed them often, for a short time, in the possession of the Arabs, who told him the creature was perfectly untameable.
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Page 83 - No line whatever ran along bis back, or crossed his shoulders, as are seen on the tame species with ,us. When my followers of the country came up, they regretted...
Page 71 - Although the Arbutus is well known in the gardens of England as a shrub, Mr. and Mrs. SC Hall state, that "in Dinis Island there is one, the stem of which is seven feet in circumference, and its height is in proportion, being equal to that of an ash tree of the same girth which stands near it; and on Rough Island, opposite O'Sullivan's cascade, there is another, the circumference of which is nine feet and a half. Alone, its character is not [Quere, not ?] picturesque; the branches are bare, long,...
Page 115 - ... had as perfect a hard stomach as the larger ones, with the coats as thick in proportion, and the same shells within, so that this animal is at least now a distinct species, and is a sort of link between the trout and char, which has a stomach of the same kind with the gillaroo, but not quite so thick, and which feeds at the bottom in the same way.
Page 81 - On the hills and in the woods near this place are many sorts of wild beasts, particularly the urus or uhr-ox, one of the fiercest animals the world produces. Their force is such, that neither the wolf, bear, nor tiger dares to engage with them.
Page 82 - But, on a moment's reflection, judging from its fleetness it must be a wild one, a species little known in Europe, but which the Persians prize above all other animals, as an object of chase, I determined to approach as near to it as the very swift Arab 1 was on would carry me.
Page 414 - Wecib, which is a kind of Buffalo, slow in its motion, having very large horns, and being of the size of an ordinary Cow ; and the White Buffalo, of a lighter and more active make, very shy and swift, and not easily procured. The calving time of these animals is in April and May.