 | 1849 - 804 sider
...bill, never by any possibility can escape. The cormorant now vises to the surface, with the fish in its bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman, he...wonderful still, if one of the cormorants gets hold of a fish of large size, so large that he would have some difficulty in taking it to the boat, some... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 sider
...bird never by any possibility, can escape. The cormorant now rises to the surface with ihe fish in its bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman, he...where he disgorges his prey, and again resumes his labors. And what is more wonderful still, if one of the cormorants uets hold of a fish of large size,... | |
 | Robert Fortune - 1847 - 444 sider
...bird, never by any possibility can escape. The cormorant now rises to the surface with the fish in its bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman he...into the San-pan, where he disgorges his prey, and CHAF.VII.] THEIR ACTIONS DESCRIBED. Ill again resumes his labours. And, what is more wonderful still,... | |
 | 1847 - 560 sider
...bird, never by any possibility can escape. The cormorant now rises to the surface, with the fish in its bill; and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman, he...to be pulled into the San-pan, where he disgorges himself of his prey, and again resumes his labours. And what is more wonderful still, if one of the... | |
 | 1848 - 376 sider
...escape. The cormorant Cormorant fishing m Chma. P. M-15. now rises to the surface with the fish in its bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman he...wonderful still, if one of the cormorants gets hold of a fish of large size, so large that he would have some difficulty in taking it to the boat, some... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - 1848 - 426 sider
...never, by any possibility, can escape. The cormorant now rises to the surface with the fish in its bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman he...wonderful still, if one of the cormorants gets hold of a fish of a large size, so large that he would have some difficulty in taking it to the boat, some... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1849 - 270 sider
...boat, and apparently had just arrived at the fishing-ground. They were now ordered out of the boat by their masters; and so well trained were they that...wonderful still, if one of the cormorants gets hold of a fish of large size, so large that he would have some difficulty in taking it to the boat, some... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1854 - 350 sider
...went on the water immediately, scattered themselves over the canal, and CATCHING FISH IN CHINA. 293 began to look for fish. They have a beautiful sea-green...wonderful still, if one of the Cormorants gets hold of a fish of large size, so large that he would have some difficulty in taking it to the boat, some... | |
 | 1856 - 332 sider
...never, by any possibility can escape. The cormorant now rises to the surface, with the fish to its bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman he...his master, and allows himself to be pulled into the sandpan, where he disgorges his prey and again resumes his labours. And what is more wonderful still,... | |
 | William Houghton - 1870 - 220 sider
...boat, and apparently had just arrived at the fishing ground. They were now ordered out of the boat by their masters ; and so well trained were they that...prey, and again resumes his labours. And, what is more won* Fortune's " China," p. 99. derful still, if one of the cormorants gets hold of a fish of a large... | |
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The cormorant now rises to the surface with the fish in his bill, and the moment he is seen by the Chinaman he is called back to the boat. As docile as a dog, he swims after his master, and allows himself to be pulled into the san-pan, where he disgorges... 