 | 1827 - 456 pages
...necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven Jo a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...vacillating : it was necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost... | |
 | 1827 - 394 pages
...vacillating; it was necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, and bound« ed from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pages
...vacillating : it was necessary to see him amongst trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost... | |
 | 1828 - 614 pages
...vacillating: it was necessary to see him amongst trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength.On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost... | |
 | Thomas Little - 1828 - 286 pages
...to see him amongst trees, to estimate bis agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, be gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, and bounded, from one branch, to another, with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. The rapidity of his progress equalled that of a swift horse.... | |
 | William Jardine - 1833 - 346 pages
...vacillating ; it was necessary to see him among trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of another monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1833 - 420 pages
...vacillating ; it was necessary to see him among trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of another monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost... | |
 | 1834 - 576 pages
...the trees to estimate his strength and agility. 'On being driven to a small clump,' says Dr. Abel, ' he gained by one spring a very lofty branch, and bounded...to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving five balls, his exertions relaxed,... | |
 | 1838 - 866 pages
...rest of the adventure will, however, tell better in Dr. Abel's own words : — " On being driven te a small clump, he gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, ana bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as... | |
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His motion on the ground was plainly not his natural mode of progression, for even when assisted by his hands or a stick, it was slow and vacillating : it was necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven... 
