 | Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel' - 1840 - 568 Seiten
...with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself, he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after...to leeward, rush in their light canoes from their hidingplaces, surround the deer, and delay their passage, whilst two or three chosen men armed with... | |
 | 1841 - 306 Seiten
...with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself, he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after...in a few minutes, the surface is covered with them. Thon the hunters, who had been concealed to leeward, rush in their light canoes from their hiding places,... | |
 | Ferdinand Petrovich baron Wrangel - 1841 - 328 Seiten
...and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself, he enters the stream, the rest of the herd crowd after him, and in a few minutes the surface is covered with them. It is at this moment that the hunters, who have been concealed to leeward, rush in their light canoes... | |
 | 1845 - 356 Seiten
...with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself, he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after...short spears, dash into"' the middle of the herd and despatch large numbers in an incredibly short time ; or at least wound them so, that if they reach... | |
 | John Fleming - 1851 - 272 Seiten
...with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself, he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after him, and in a few minutes the surface of the water is covered with them. Now commences the work of death ; and so successful is the conquest,... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1869 - 646 Seiten
...locality ; having satisfied himself that all is right, he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd in after him, and in a few minutes the surface is covered with them. It is doubtless due to casualties in these migrations that we owe some, if not all, of our reindeer... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1868 - 512 Seiten
...with head erect and apparently intent on examining the locality ; when he has satisfied himself he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after...in a few minutes the surface is covered with them." There could not fail to be many casualties in a vast migratory body such as this, and doubtless even... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1869 - 664 Seiten
...locality ; having satisfied himself that all is right, he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd in after him, and in a few minutes the surface is covered with them. It is doubtless due to casualties in these migrations that we owe some, if not all, of our reindeer... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1880 - 340 Seiten
...with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after...in a few minutes the surface is covered with them. Wolves, bears, and foxes hang upon the flanks and rear of these great migratory bodies, and prey upon... | |
 | William Boyd Dawkins - 1880 - 578 Seiten
...with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When he has satisfied himself he enters the river, the rest of the herd crowd after...him, and in a few minutes the surface is covered with them."1 Wolves, bears, and foxes hang upon the flanks and rear of those great migratory bodies, and... | |
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As each separate herd approaches the river, the deer draw more closely together, and the largest and strongest takes the lead. He advances, closely followed by a few of the others, with head erect, and apparently intent on examining the locality. When... 
