 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 sider
...were copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a man's thigh, and so venomous, as the negroes oT the country informed us, that if any living thing came within the reach of their, breath, it died presently, there being no remedy nor antidote against it. We likewise saw others that were not... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 sider
...were copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a man's thigh, and so venomous, as the negroes of the country informed us, that if any living thing came within the reach of their breath, it died presently, there being no remedy nor antidote against it. We likewise saw others that were not... | |
 | 1835 - 534 sider
...copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a man's thigh, and so venomous, as the negroes ofthat country informed us, that if any living thing came within the reach of their breath it died presently, there l>eing no remedy nor antidote against it. We likewise saw others not copped on... | |
 | Fernão Mendes Pinto - 1892 - 518 sider
...that were copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a mans thigh, and so venomous, as the Negroes of the country informed us, that if any living thing...dyed presently, there being no remedy nor antidote against it. We likewise saw others, that were not copped on their crowns, not so venomous as the former,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 464 sider
...copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a man's thigh, and so venomous, as the negroes of that country informed us, that if any living thing came within the reach of their breath it died presently, there being no remedy nor antidote against it. We likewise saw others not copped on... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1088 sider
...were copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a man's thigh, and so venomous, as tho Negroes of the country informed us, that if any living thing...within the reach of their breath, it dyed presently. . . ." — CtHjan's TV«)!«/., p. 17. 156:!.- "In the beautiful island of Ceylon . . . there are yet... | |
 | 1828 - 402 sider
...were copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as a man's thigh, and so venomous, as the negroes of the country informed us, that if any living thing came within the reach of their breath, it died presently, there being no remedy nor antidote against it. We likewise saw others that were not... | |
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... these creatures hop and fly together, like grasshoppers ; and in that manner they hunt apes, and such other beasts, whom they pursue even to the tops of the highest trees. Also we saw adders, that were copped on the crowns of their heads, as big as... 