Natural history sketches among the carnivora: wild and domesticated1885 |
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... soon as the first could be eaten . The house cat was after- wards tried in the same room , and had great difficulty in finding pieces dropped close to her , failing altogether in securing some of them . What the dog accomplished in the ...
... soon as the first could be eaten . The house cat was after- wards tried in the same room , and had great difficulty in finding pieces dropped close to her , failing altogether in securing some of them . What the dog accomplished in the ...
Page 70
... soon brought the prize within reach . She then tried to break the nut by leaning her whole weight on it with one paw . Not succeeding in this , she raised herself on her hind legs , clasping the nut in both paws , and threw it against ...
... soon brought the prize within reach . She then tried to break the nut by leaning her whole weight on it with one paw . Not succeeding in this , she raised herself on her hind legs , clasping the nut in both paws , and threw it against ...
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... soon as the puppy opens its eyes on a world in which the first creature it beholds except its mother is a man . The young of our domestic dogs wag their little tails and lick our hands as soon as they are able to roll about on their ...
... soon as the puppy opens its eyes on a world in which the first creature it beholds except its mother is a man . The young of our domestic dogs wag their little tails and lick our hands as soon as they are able to roll about on their ...
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... soon becoming attached even to these poor specimens of humanity . In this way , no doubt , the dog became the friend and companion of man in every part of the world . The Aus- tralian aborigines have not improved the character of their ...
... soon becoming attached even to these poor specimens of humanity . In this way , no doubt , the dog became the friend and companion of man in every part of the world . The Aus- tralian aborigines have not improved the character of their ...
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... soon do more than the whole posse of horsemen to direct that stream of living quicksilver into the right channel . After looking on quietly for some time , I rode up to the owner and politely offered my help , requesting , if he ...
... soon do more than the whole posse of horsemen to direct that stream of living quicksilver into the right channel . After looking on quietly for some time , I rode up to the owner and politely offered my help , requesting , if he ...
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Page 7 - It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife. ..This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast.
Page 7 - Mebalwe, who was trying to shoot him at a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, a flint one, missed fire in both barrels ; the lion immediately left me, and, attacking Mebalwe, bit his thigh.
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Page 7 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
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Page 7 - Turning round to relieve myself of the weight, as he had one paw on the back of my head...
Page 196 - I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them, and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to.